'Composition Study for 'Ships Bearing Up for Anchorage (The Egremont Sea Piece)'', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Composition Study for 'Ships Bearing Up for Anchorage (The Egremont Sea Piece)'

From Calais Pier Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXXXI

Date c.1799-1805

MediumChalk on paper

Dimensionssupport: 433 x 272 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D04966

Turner Bequest LXXXI 64

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Calais Pier Sketchbook

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

Calais Pier Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest