Live Auction 5966Christie's Interiors
Lot 693

After Joseph Mallord William Turner

Peace - Burial at sea

Closed15 September 2009

Price Realised

GBP 937

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After Joseph Mallord William Turner
Peace - Burial at sea
oil on canvas, in an octagonal mount
25 x 25 in. (63.5 x 63.5 cm.)
After the picture in Tate Britain, London.

Specialist note

The present picture is a copy of Turner's representation of the burial at sea of the painter Sir David Wilkie, R.A. off Gibraltar. He passed away in 1841 on his way back from the Middle East. The colours of the picture capture the sombre mood of the occasion and stand as Turner's tribute to his friend's memory.