'Waves Breaking on Shore with a Sailing Boat', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Waves Breaking on Shore with a Sailing Boat

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

D04215

Turner Bequest LXXI 20 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 27 Verso:

Waves Breaking on Shore with a Sailing Boat 1802

D04215
Turner Bequest LXXI 20a

Pencil and white chalk on wove paper prepared with a reddish brown wash, 112 x 187 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXI 20a’ bottom left

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Numbered by Finberg as folio 20a of this sketchbook, this has since been rebound as folio 27 verso. The subject continues across folio 28 (D04216), where the vessel appears. Bold marks in chalks indicate waves and foam.

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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Context

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1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

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Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest