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The British Channel Seen from the Dorsetshire Cliffs

Image credit: Tate

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This view is probably from the cliffs above Lulworth Cove in Dorset, although there are no identifiable features. It's based on detailed notes on colour and meteorology that John Brett made as he sailed round the south-west coast in the summer of 1870. The focus of the painting is the effect of sunlight on the sea, which Brett had studied closely. But when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy some observers thought the azure colouring was inappropriate, confined by their own preconceptions of nature.

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Title

The British Channel Seen from the Dorsetshire Cliffs

Date

1871

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 106 x W 212.7 cm

Accession number

N01902

Acquisition method

Presented by Mrs Brett 1902

Work type

Painting

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