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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Switzerland 1802 > Small Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Looking out to Sea 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Looking out to Sea’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Looking out to Sea 1802
D04227
Turner Bequest LXXI 31
Pencil on wove paper prepared with a grey wash, 112 x 187 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXI 31’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Numbered by Finberg as folio 31 of this sketchbook, this has since been rebound as folio 38.
This sketch is a very slight outline, apparently showing a small vessel seen out to sea from a shore with breaking waves. A few rough notations show a shaft of light breaking from a cloudy sky.
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David Blayney Brown
April 2003

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Looking out to Sea 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2003, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-looking-out-to-sea-r1133788, accessed 26 April 2024.