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from Ambleteuse and Wimereux Sketchbook [Finberg CCCLVII]
(D35386-D35401; D40443; complete)
On the Beach: A Stormy Effect over the Sea: 12 May 1845
1845
Pencil and watercolour on paper
support: 237 x 337 mm
on paper, unique
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
D35387
Finberg number: CCCLVII 2
Turner's last visits to the Continent took place in 1845. These two studies were part of a sketchbook he used on his penultimate visit to France in May 1845, when he lingered on the coast north of Boulogne. Unusually for Turner, he dated a number of the sunset sketches he made on this trip, as if they held some special significance for him.
(From the display caption September 1995)
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![Joseph Mallord William Turner from Ambleteuse and Wimereux Sketchbook [Finberg CCCLVII], On the Beach: A Stormy Effect over the Sea: 12 May 1845 1845](/collection/D/D35/D35387_8.jpg)