Study of Sunlight

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Artist/Maker	Turner, Joseph Mallord William (RA) (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (painted)

Watercolour showing a large cloudscape with the silhouette of a walking figure before it.

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Category	Paintings
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Study of Sunlight (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour Watercolour Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Watercolour drawing entitled 'Study of Sunlight' by Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851). Great Britain.
Physical description	Watercolour showing a large cloudscape with the silhouette of a walking figure before it.
Dimensions	Height: 8.9cm Width: 19.0cm Dimensions taken from Wilton, Andrew. The Life and Work of J. M. W. Turner. London: Academy Editions, 1979. 467 p., ill. ISBN 856705659.
Credit line	Given by the Executors of the late Robert Clarke Edwards.
Subjects depicted	Clouds Sunlight
Bibliographic references	Wilton, Andrew. The Life and Work of J. M. W. Turner. London: Academy Editions, 1979. 467 p., ill. ISBN 856705659. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938, London: Board of Education, 1939.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.20-1938

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1028543/study-of-sunlight-watercolour-turner-joseph-mallord/

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