Stonehenge at Daybreak

Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)

about 1811

Medium/TechniqueBrush and brown wash over graphite

DimensionsSheet: 19.4 x 27 cm (7 5/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Accession number59.795

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ClassificationsWatercolors

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Inscriptionsillegible word in graphite, UL and LRProvenanceBy 1872, John Edward Taylor (b. 1830 - d. 1905), London; July 5, 1912, posthumous Taylor sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, lot 91, sold for £136.10 to Agnew and Sons, London. Francis Bullard (b. 1862 – d. 1913), Boston; by descent to his cousin, Ellen T. Bullard (b. 1865- d. 1959), Boston; 1959, anonymous gift from the legatees of Ellen T. Bullard to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12, 1959)