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Margate (?) from the Sea

Margate (?) from the Sea






Date : approx. between 1835 and 1840

Sizes : 122 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 8 on 14
English Painting
Painting (Landscape)

Area related
England

Description   

The location of this painting has been tentatively identified as Margate, although the viewpoint is far from the shore and the cliffs are obscured by sea mist. The painting, which is unfinished, is primarily a study in the atmospheric effects of mist and cloud.
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Margate (?) from the Sea
Joseph Mallord William Turner