Watercolour on paper
‘Ports of England’ Watercolours
‘Ports of England’ Watercolours
Ports of England c.1822-8
Ports of England c.1822-8
Kent
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>
Dover
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
beach
boat - non-specific
castle
cliff
Dover - non-specific
England
England, South East
England, Southern
figure
Kent
military
people
places
sailor
sea
seascapes and coasts
society
trading and commercial
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
wave
work and occupations
<p>Several kinds of vessels can be seen here navigating choppy waters off the port of Dover. In the foreground traditional rowboats ply their way. Behind them is a majestic sail ship. At the centre, a packed modern steamship charts its course under mechanised power. Turner has scratched away the painted surface to indicate the white steam of the engine, and added a quick, calligraphic zig-zag to show smoke trailing from the steamer’s funnel.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2022</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
28 October 2020 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
28 October 2020 – 12 September 2021
2021-09-12
2020-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2020-10-28
Turner's Modern World
Exhibition
17 October 2021 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
27 March 2022 – 10 July 2022
2022-07-10
2022-03-27
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
http://www.mfa.org
2021-10-17
Turner's Modern World
Loan-out
Dover
support: 161 × 245 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>Several kinds of vessels can be seen here navigating choppy waters off the port of Dover. In the foreground traditional rowboats ply their way. Behind them is a majestic sail ship. At the centre, a packed modern steamship charts its course under mechanised power. Turner has scratched away the painted surface to indicate the white steam of the engine, and added a quick, calligraphic zig-zag to show smoke trailing from the steamer’s funnel.</p>
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adults architecture beach boat - non-specific castle cliff Dover - non-specific England England, South East England, Southern figure Kent military people places sailor sea seascapes and coasts society trading and commercial transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions wave work and occupations
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