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 Study for 'Ships Bearing up for Anchorage ("The Egremont Seapiece")' c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for 'Ships Bearing up for Anchorage ("The Egremont Seapiece")'’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
Study for ‘Ships Bearing up for Anchorage (“The Egremont Seapiece”)’ c.1799–1802
D04991
Turner Bequest LXXXI 89
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–89’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 45 verso opposite (D04990; Turner Bequest LXXXI 88), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
There is heavy offsetting from folio 45 verso opposite (D04990; Turner Bequest LXXXI 88).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study for ‘Ships Bearing up for Anchorage (“The Egremont Seapiece”)’ c.1799–1802 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-study-for-ships-bearing-up-for-anchorage-the-egremont-r1178195, accessed 20 September 2024.