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Setting Sun (© Whitworth Art Gallery)
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© Whitworth Art Gallery

Setting Sun

Artist: Alexander Cozens (1717 - 1786)

Location: Whitworth Art Gallery

Date: circa 1770

Materials: oil on paper

Dimensions: 24.2 x 30.8cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £12,682 (Total: £202,913)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 4467 (1997)

Provenance:
By descent in the family of the Earl of Warwick

Description:
The sun sets to the right of the painting. Big grey clouds float accross the sky. Behind and below these, to the left, are large fluffy white clouds The bottom left hand corner shows a little landscape and the tops of trees.

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