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The Evening Star

The Evening Star






Date : near 1830

Sizes : 123 cm x 91 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Turner Bequest (1856)
National Gallery
Great Britain 1750-1850
Main Building
First Floor - Section 34
Item 9 on 14
English Painting
Painting (Landscape)

Area related
England

Description   

A boy walks along the seashore, carrying a shrimping net over his shoulder and accompanied by a small white dog. The evening star appears as a faint point in the sky, reflected more brightly in the water. The painting is unfinished and a boat has been painted out at centre right.

The title is not Turner's own, but is taken from some lines of Turner's verse scribbled in a sketchbook used in 1829-1830.

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The Evening Star
Joseph Mallord William Turner