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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Shipping, at ?Calais or Dover; and a Study of a French Woman Wearing a Cap 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Shipping, at ?Calais or Dover; and a Study of a French Woman Wearing a Cap’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 106 Verso:
Sketches of Shipping, at ?Calais or Dover; and a Study of a French Woman Wearing a Cap 1820
D16889
Turner Bequest CXCIII 105 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 115 x 94 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Chapeau Rouge’ and ‘Blu’ within sketch of woman
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In early 1820, at the end of his six month tour of Italy, Turner headed homeward and crossed the Channel between Calais and Dover. This page contains studies of shipping seen at either of the two harbours. Further sketches can be found on the inside back cover (D40989).
Also in the bottom right-hand corner of the sheet is a study of a woman wearing a large frilly cap. Turner has annotated the sketch with colour notes, including the comment in French, ‘Chapeau Rouge’ [Red hat].

Nicola Moorby
March 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Sketches of Shipping, at ?Calais or Dover; and a Study of a French Woman Wearing a Cap 1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-sketches-of-shipping-at-calais-or-dover-and-a-study-of-a-r1138664, accessed 07 February 2025.