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ID: 700007825
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007825
Record Type: Movable Work
Stonehenge - Twilight (painting (visual work); William Turner of Oxford (British, 1789 - 1862) (British Art...; about 1840; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2004.80)
Note: The watercolor shows a golden sunset over Salisbury Plain, with Stonehenge silhouetted on the horizon. Cart tracks criss-cross the lower half of the composition, and a flock of sheep descends a slope to drink at a pool. The sheet dates to the latter part of the artist's career, and shows his absolute command of the use of watercolor in the creation of atmospheric effects and sentiment.
Titles:
Stonehenge - Twilight (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Stonehenge at Twilight (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1840

Creator Display:
William Turner of Oxford (British, 1789 - 1862) (British Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
Turner, William (British painter, 1789-1862) [500003526]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 2004.80
Other: Creation: Salisbury Plain [1110968] Wiltshire (county), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Watercolor
watercolor (paint) [300015045]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

Dimensions: 27 x 39.7 cm (10 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
another work (preferred)
landscapes

Specific Subjects:
Stonehenge [700008421]
.....(Stonehenge [700008421], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)
Salisbury Plain [1110968]
.....(Wiltshire (county), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
sheep (genus) [300250284]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Bovidae (family)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Signed and inscribed on the verso: "Stonehenge - Twilight / W. Turner / Oxford" and "No. 10"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Stonehenge - Twilight........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Stonehenge at Twilight........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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