Lowestoffe Lighthouse

nationality
British
birth-death
1775-1851
Creation date
Collection
Prints
Materials
gouache on blue paper
Dimensions
10 1/8 x 6 7/8 in (sheet)
Currently On View
Location
The J.M.W. Turner Suite
Credit line
Gift in Memory of Dr. and Mrs. Hugo O. Pantzer by their children
Accession number
72.203
Gallery Label

Deep night over the North Sea illuminated by moon glow and the light from the Ness Point lighthouse was an effect easier to achieve with gouache on blue paper than with standard transparent watercolors.

The reproduction of such atmospheric pieces was a most difficult task for a line engraver, but both Lowestoffe Lighthouse and Orford Haven were designed to be engraved; the book in which they were to appear was never published.

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