Graphite and watercolour on paper
Little Liber c.1823-6
Little Liber c.1823-6
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Sequels to the Liber Studiorum (‘Little Liber’) Watercolours
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Ship in a Storm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
cloud
landscape
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
shipwreck
sky
society
storm
transport: water
wave
weather
<p>In the mid-1820s Turner worked on a set of twelve mezzotint plates, known as the Little Liber, or So-called Sequels to the Liber Studiorum. Relatively little is known about the circumstances surrounding the creation of the images, which all explore the dramatic effects of natural light.</p><p>At least half of subjects are concerned with direct observation of the sea. The watercolour studies on which the prints were based are unusually freely executed and unresolved. When painting for translation into black and white prints Turner usually provided a greater level of detail to guide the engravers.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
2005-03-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2005-03-23
Turner and the Sea
Collection based display
2 June 2011 – 22 April 2012
2012-04-22
2 June 2011 – 11 September 2011
2011-09-11
2011-06-02
Bucerius Kunst Forum (Hamburg, Germany)
http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de
1 October 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
2011-10-01
National Museum (Krakow, Poland)
28 January 2012 – 22 April 2012
2012-04-22
2012-01-28
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2011-06-02
Turner and the Elements
Loan-out
21 November 2013 – 1 September 2014
2014-09-01
21 November 2013 – 21 April 2014
2014-04-21
2013-11-21
National Maritime Museum (London, UK)
http://www.nmm.ac.uk
2013-11-21
Turner and Marine Painting: Imagining the Sea, 1796 - 1899
Loan-out
15 April 2021 – 5 September 2021
2021-09-05
15 April 2021 – 5 September 2021
2021-09-05
2021-04-15
Turner’s House (Twickenham, UK)
2021-04-15
Turner’s English Coasts
Loan-out
16 October 2021 – 14 July 2023
2023-07-14
16 October 2021 – 6 March 2022
2022-03-06
2021-10-16
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark)
18 May 2022 – 11 September 2022
2022-09-11
2022-05-18
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.mnac.es
3 March 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-03-03
Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny, Switzerland)
2021-10-16
Turner Watercolours: Sun is God
Tate partnerships & programmes
Ship in a Storm
support: 241 × 300 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<span class="text7">In the mid-1820s Turner worked on a set of twelve      <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/mezzotint" title="Glossary definition for 'Mezzotint'"><span>mezzotint</span></a> plates, known as the </span><span class="text4">Little Liber</span><span class="text7">, or So-called </span><span class="text4">Sequels to the      Liber Studiorum</span><span class="text7">. Relatively little is known      about the circumstances surrounding the creation of the images, which all      explore the dramatic effects of natural light. </span>
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<span class="text7">At least half of subjects are concerned with direct      observation of the sea. The </span><span class="text6"><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> studies      on which the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> were</span><span class="text7"> based are      unusually freely executed and unresolved. When <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> for translation      into black and white prints Turner usually provided a greater level of      detail to guide the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engravers</span></a>. </span>
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cloud landscape sea seascapes and coasts ship, sailing shipwreck sky society storm transport: water wave weather
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