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 'Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving' c.1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for 'Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving'’ c.1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Recto:
Study for ‘Calais Pier, with French Poissards Preparing for Sea: An English Packet Arriving’ c.1802
D05005
Turner Bequest LXXXI 103
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 275 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘100’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–100’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 52 verso opposite (D05004; Turner Bequest LXXXI 102), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
The upper half of the leaf (the lower as foliated) was evidently already missing when Turner made this drawing, so the top part of the sail is of necessity carried over onto folio 54 recto (D05007; Turner Bequest LXXXI 105).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘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-study-for-calais-pier-with-french-poissards-preparing-for-r1178209, accessed 28 December 2024.