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- Title:
Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown
- Former Title(s):
Lighting the Lamps at Sundown, Tynemouth Pier
Blue Light
- Date:
- 1868
- Medium:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (37.1 x 54 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower left: "A W Hunt 1868"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1980.3
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- blue | lamps (lighting device components) | lantern (lighting device) | light | lighthouse | man | marine art | meteorology | moon | night | pier | science | storm | sunset | waves (natural events)
- Associated Places:
- England | North Tyneside | Tynemouth | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10894
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