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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) (51)
Period: 19th century (9229)
Type: watercolour (2151)
Keywords
boats (303) | detail studies (126) | seas (190) | storms (28)
Image sets with this image:
Drawing on Art History |Clouds |Drawing Together (P&D)
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Boat on a rough sea
Circa 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851)
Width: 17.8 cm; Height: 12.8 cm;
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Acquisition (source, method, date)
Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir); bequest; 1952
D.1952.RW.4022
About this work
Although the setting of this work is unknown, it shares stylistic similarities with marine watercolour studies that Turner made at Margate around 1840. His first-hand experience of sailing in all weathers is conveyed in the bravura of the drawing, which shows a small boat battling against the elements in a turbulent sea. Touches of red-brown enliven an otherwise muted palette, while spots of water on the sheet – possibly raindrops – suggest that the sketch was begun, if not finished, in the open air.
(Permanent collection label)
Copyright: © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
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