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This painting shows a body of water with a steamboat in the distance emitting gray smoke. The steamboat is only partially visible behind the rough and frothy waves, painted in loose lines of white on the beige paper. The horizon is blurred, with the blue sky blending in with the pale waves. On the left, the silhouettes of buildings are faintly suggested in pale yellow.
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This painting shows a body of water with a steamboat in the distance emitting gray smoke. The steamboat is only partially visible behind the rough and frothy waves, painted in loose lines of white on the beige paper. The horizon is blurred, with the blue sky blending in with the pale waves. On the left, the silhouettes of buildings are faintly suggested in pale yellow.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Packet Boat off Dover

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Date
c. 1836
Medium
watercolor and gouache with touches of black chalk on gray wove paper, laid down
Dimensions
overall: 19.1 x 27.8 cm (7 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1986.72.18
Credit line
Paul Mellon Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Romantic
  • United Kingdom
  • landscape
  • Kent
  • Marine
  • England
  • Dover
Inscription

none

Marks

none

Watermarks

indiiscernible

NGA object ID 69409. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.