J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Pier at Calais, with a Rowing Boat and Packet Boat in Rough Water c.1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Pier at Calais, with a Rowing Boat and Packet Boat in Rough Water’ c.1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Verso:
The Pier at Calais, with a Rowing Boat and Packet Boat in Rough Water c.1802
D04976
Turner Bequest LXXXI 74
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘My Landing at Calais’ towards top left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–74’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is continued on folio 39 recto opposite (D04977; Turner Bequest LXXXI 75), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Pier at Calais, with a Rowing Boat and Packet Boat in Rough Water c.1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-pier-at-calais-with-a-rowing-boat-and-packet-boat-in-r1178180, accessed 24 April 2024.