Chalk and watercolour on paper
The Whalers Sketchbook
The Whalers Sketchbook
Kent Coast and Whaling c.1844-5
Kent Coast and Whaling c.1844-5
The Whalers Sketchbook
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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Whalers Boiling Blubber
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
<p>This energetic sketch relates to the painting depicting whalers boiling blubber hanging nearby. It shows Turner vigorously applied chalk over watercolour to explore dramatic contrasts of light and dark. The smoke-filled dark sky is offset by the glow of fire lit by the whalers to boil blubber. Having never been on a whaling voyage Turner could only imagine this scene based on accounts he had read.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2023</em></p>
paper unique chalk watercolour
Whalers Boiling Blubber
support: 221 × 330 mm
frame: 410 × 562 × 25 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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<p>This energetic sketch relates to the painting depicting whalers boiling blubber hanging nearby. It shows Turner vigorously applied chalk over watercolour to explore dramatic contrasts of light and dark. The smoke-filled dark sky is offset by the glow of fire lit by the whalers to boil blubber. Having never been on a whaling voyage Turner could only imagine this scene based on accounts he had read.</p>
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