Watercolour and gouache on paper
Marine Views c.1817-24
Marine Views c.1817-24
Kent
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
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>
Folkestone Sea
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
astronomy
boat - non-specific
coast
crime and punishment
customs official
England
England, South East
England, Southern
flag, France
Folkestone - non-specific
Kent
man
moon
night
objects
people
places
public service
religious and ceremonial
sail
sea
seascapes and coasts
smuggler
society
sunrise
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
work and occupations
<p>Here the moon plays a key role in Turner's narrative. A party of English smugglers is shown receiving barrels of illegal gin from French sailors by moonlight. An operation routinely carried out under the cover of nightfall is exposed by a sunrise which has arrived too early for the miscreants. From the right approaches a boat of the Coast Blockade, initiated in 1816 to combat smuggling, which is spotted by the men who quickly try to 'sink' the barrels on ropes for later retrieval. Beyond their narrative significance, the twin light sources of moon and sun fuse the atmosphere of the painting into an ethereal whole.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache
1 January 2005 – 31 January 2005
2005-01-31
1 January 2005 – 31 January 2005
2005-01-31
2005-01-01
National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
http://www.nationalgallery.ie
2005-01-01
A Lifelong Passion - Turner and the Sea
Loan-out
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
8 June 2007 – 3 February 2008
2008-02-03
2007-06-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-06-08
Home and Abroad 1815-30
Collection based display
8 February 2013 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
8 February 2013 – 19 May 2013
2013-05-19
2013-02-08
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
4 June 2013 – 8 September 2013
2013-09-08
2013-06-04
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
8 October 2013 – 18 December 2013
2013-12-18
2013-10-08
Toyko Metropolitan Art Museum (Toyko, Japan)
1 January 2014 – 13 April 2014
2014-04-13
2014-01-01
Kobe City Museum (Kobe, Japan)
2013-02-08
J.M.W. Turner: Makings of a Master
Loan-out
21 March 2018 – 10 January 2021
2021-01-10
21 March 2018 – 26 August 2018
2018-08-26
2018-03-21
Chiostro del Bramante (Rome, Italy)
http://www.chiostrodelbramante.it/
24 September 2018 – 17 February 2019
2019-02-17
2018-09-24
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
26 March 2019 – 28 July 2019
2019-07-28
2019-03-26
Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda (Santiago, Chile)
1 October 2019 – 28 February 2020
2020-02-28
2019-10-01
Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, USA)
2018-03-21
Turner Watercolours
Tate partnerships & programmes
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
Folkestone from the Sea
support: 488 × 684 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
<p>Here the moon plays a key role in Turner's  <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/n/narrative" title="Glossary definition for 'Narrative'"><span>narrative</span></a>. A party of English smugglers is shown  receiving barrels of illegal gin from French  sailors by moonlight. An operation routinely  carried out under the cover of nightfall is  exposed by a sunrise which has arrived too early  for the miscreants. From the right approaches a  boat of the Coast Blockade, initiated in 1816 to  combat smuggling, which is spotted by the men who  quickly try to 'sink' the barrels on ropes for  later retrieval. Beyond their narrative  significance, the twin light sources of moon and  sun fuse the atmosphere of 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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> into an  ethereal whole.</p>
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