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Date : 1803
Sizes : 2.4 m x 1.72 m
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Turner Bequest (1856)
| Calais Pier, with French Poissards preparing for Sea : an English Packet Arriving
Item 11 on 14
English Painting
Painting
Area related
Calais (France)
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An English packet or mail-boat, crowded with travelers, narrowly avoids collision with a French fishing boat as it attempts to land. This picture is based on Turner's experience of a stormy landing at Calais during his first trip abroad in 1802.
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