Thursday, January 5, 2017

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Calais Pier

National Gallery, London

Date: 1803
Technique: Oil on canvas, 172 x 240 cm

Turner's picture is based on a real-life event. In 1802 he took his first trip abroad via Calais. On a sketch for this picture he noted that the seas had been so rough he was 'nearly swampt'.

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