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 Boats in Rough Water at Calais, with Passengers Disembarking from the Packet c.1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats in Rough Water at Calais, with Passengers Disembarking from the Packet’ c.1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
Boats in Rough Water at Calais, with Passengers Disembarking from the Packet c.1802
D04979
Turner Bequest LXXXI 77
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–77’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 39 verso opposite (D04978; Turner Bequest LXXXI 76), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Boats in Rough Water at Calais, with Passengers Disembarking from the Packet 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-boats-in-rough-water-at-calais-with-passengers-disembarking-r1178183, accessed 24 April 2024.