Joseph Mallord William TurnerCalais Pier, with Figures with Fishing Nets; Sailing Vessels Beyond 1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Calais Pier, with Figures with Fishing Nets; Sailing Vessels Beyond’ 1802
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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)
Title
Calais Pier, with Figures with Fishing Nets; Sailing Vessels Beyond
From Small Calais Pier Sketchbook
Turner Bequest LXXI
Date 1802
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 112 x 187 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D04196
Turner Bequest LXXI 4
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
Calais Pier, with Figures with Fishing Nets; Sailing Vessels Beyond 1802
D04196
Turner Bequest LXXI 4
Pencil, with some scratching out, on wove paper prepared with a reddish brown wash, 112 x 187 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXI 4’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
April 2003

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Geographic location
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Sketchbooks
1802-18 Academician and professor
Sketchbooks from the 1800s
Small Calais Pier Sketchbook
Tate Collection
Gifts and bequests
Turner Bequest