'Ships in a Calm: Evening', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Ships in a Calm: Evening

From Studies for Pictures Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXIX

Date c.1799-1802

MediumInk and graphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 215 x 138 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D04115

Turner Bequest LXIX 100

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Subject

nature (37,449)

seascapes and coasts (6,839)

sea (3,100)

society (14,246)

transport: water (7,828)

boat, sailing (3,603)

ship, sailing (1,351)

Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

Studies for Pictures Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest