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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of a Channel Storm; Sailing Boats off Channel Cliffs 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of a Channel Storm; Sailing Boats off Channel Cliffs’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Verso:
Studies of a Channel Storm; Sailing Boats off Channel Cliffs 1845
D35560
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 41a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Cold Light]’ bottom left, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, the slight studies at the top and centre appear to show clouds and rain over a darkening sea, presumably recording a storm over the Channel. At the bottom left relative to the other sketches is the skyline of a horizontal seascape continued from folio 42 recto opposite (D35561) where shipping is seen, possibly with a note of ‘Cold Light’ above cliffs on this page.
See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Studies of a Channel Storm; Sailing Boats off Channel Cliffs 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-studies-of-a-channel-storm-sailing-boats-off-channel-cliffs-r1183980, accessed 26 April 2024.