Joseph Mallord William Turner

Study for ‘The Shipwreck’

c.1799–1805

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Calais Pier Sketchbook
Medium
Chalk on paper
Dimensions
Support: 436 × 271 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05035
Turner Bequest LXXXI 133

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 67 verso opposite (D05034; Turner Bequest LXXXI 132), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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