'Composition Study for 'The Shipwreck', 1805', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Composition Study for 'The Shipwreck', 1805

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

D04903

Turner Bequest LXXXI 2

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

Calais Pier Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest