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Sunset

Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)
about 1845

Medium/Technique Transparent watercolor on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 23 x 33 cm (9 1/16 x 13 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Henry Lee Higginson
Accession Number35.1217
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Wilton 1420
DescriptionPale yellow foreground. Strip of gray water. Low gray hills against a sunset sky of orange, green and blue.
Signed not signed
Marks Watermark: WHATMAN 1844
ProvenanceProbably Henry Lee Higginson (b. 1834 - d. 1919) and Ida Agassiz Higginson (b. 1837 - d. 1935), Boston; 1935, bequest of Ida Agassiz Higginson to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 11, 1935)