Watercolour on paper
‘Ports of England’ Watercolours
‘Ports of England’ Watercolours
Ports of England c.1822-8
Ports of England c.1822-8
Hampshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
The Ports of England 1826-1828 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>
Portsmouth
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
boat, rowing
buoy
England
England, South East
England, Southern
Hampshire
places
Portsmouth
sailor
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
trading and commercial
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
wave
work and occupations
<p>About 1824-5 Turner, with the engraver Thomas Lupton, planned a series of mezzotint plates of English coastal towns. These were provisionally called 'Harbours of England' and subsequently issued as 'Ports' in 1826. Turner produced 14 of 24 proposed subjects. Important coastal towns are observed from the sea, and the emphasis is always on the marine elements, exemplified here by the man-of-war from the naval docks, saluted by a waving sailor.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
1 June 2002 – 31 August 2002
2002-08-31
1 June 2002 – 31 August 2002
2002-08-31
2002-06-01
Portsmouth City Council (Portsmouth, UK)
2002-06-01
Our Roaring Channels: Turner, Portsmouth and the Sea
Loan-out
1 October 2007 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
1 October 2007 – 6 January 2008
2008-01-06
2007-10-01
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
10 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-10
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, USA)
http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
23 June 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
2008-06-23
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2007-10-01
JMW Turner
Tate partnerships & programmes
22 May 2015 – 27 September 2015
2015-09-27
22 May 2015 – 27 September 2015
2015-09-27
2015-05-22
The Salisbury Museum (Salisbury, UK)
http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk
2015-05-22
Turner and Wessex
Loan-out
22 February 2017 – 14 May 2017
2017-05-14
22 February 2017 – 14 May 2017
2017-05-14
2017-02-22
Frick Collection (New York, USA)
http://www.frick.org
2017-02-22
Turner’s Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages through Time
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
Portsmouth
support: 160 × 240 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>About 1824-5 Turner, with 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>engraver</span></a> Thomas Lupton, planned a series of <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 of English coastal towns. These were provisionally called 'Harbours of England' and subsequently issued as 'Ports' in 1826. Turner produced 14 of 24 proposed subjects. Important coastal towns are observed from the sea, and the emphasis is always on the marine elements, exemplified here by the man-of-war from the naval docks, saluted by a waving sailor.</p>
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2014-09-03T00:00:00
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architecture boat, rowing buoy England England, South East England, Southern Hampshire places Portsmouth sailor sea seascapes and coasts ship, sailing society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features trading and commercial transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions wave work and occupations
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