Graphite and watercolour on paper
Dover
Dover
London and Home Counties 1793-5
London and Home Counties 1793-5
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>
Dover Pier with a Ship at Sea in a Storm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Dover - non-specific
England
England, South East
England, Southern
flag - non-specific
Kent
objects
pier
places
religious and ceremonial
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
society
storm
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
wave
weather
<p>When Turner was young he often stayed with his mother's relatives in Margate; some of his earliest marine images feature the surrounding Kent coastline. This unfinished watercolour shows a stormy sea at Dover. The large windlass (a capstan for hoisting heavy weights) and the flagstaff on the pier have been left in pencil outline.</p><p>However, Turner has used watercolour washes to convey the surging movement of the waves and the threatening nature of the sky. The subdued colour palette of grey, green and blue is characteristic of late-eighteenth-century watercolour painting.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
24 October 2003 – 25 January 2004
2004-01-25
24 October 2003 – 25 January 2004
2004-01-25
2003-10-24
Barber Institute of Fine Arts (Birmingham, UK)
http://www.barber.org.uk
2003-10-24
J.M.W Turner: The Sun Rising Through Vapour
Loan-out
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
17 September 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
17 September 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
2011-09-17
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2011-09-17
Nothing in the world but youth
Loan-out
7 October 2017 – 4 March 2018
2018-03-04
20 October 2017 – 4 March 2018
2018-03-04
2017-10-20
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Bonn, Germany)
http://www.kah-bonn.de/
2017-10-07
Weather Report. An Exhibition about Weather Culture and Climate Science
Exhibition
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
2022-09-26
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2022-09-26
JMW Turner and Lamin Fofana: Dark Waters
Collection based display
Dover: The Pier, with a Ship at Sea in a Storm
support: 256 × 361 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">When Turner was young he often stayed with his mother's      relatives in Margate; some of his earliest marine images feature the      surrounding Kent coastline. This unfinished <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> shows a stormy sea      at Dover. The large windlass  (a capstan for hoisting heavy weights) and      the flagstaff on the pier have been left in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> outline. </span>
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<span class="text7">However, Turner has used watercolour washes to convey      the surging movement of the waves and the threatening nature of the sky.      The subdued colour palette of grey, green and blue is characteristic of      late-eighteenth-century watercolour painting. </span>
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