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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Preliminary Study for 'Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving' c.1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Preliminary Study for 'Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving'’ c.1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Preliminary Study for ‘Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving’ c.1802
D04961
Turner Bequest LXXXI 59
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–59’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 30 verso opposite (D04960; Turner Bequest LXXXI 58).
Technical notes:
There is a smear of blue colour at the centre right, probably as a result of damage in the 1928 Tate Gallery flood.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Preliminary Study for ‘Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving’ 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-preliminary-study-for-calais-pier-with-french-poissards-r1178165, accessed 25 April 2024.