1803, J.M.W. Turner, Calais Pier: An English Packet Arriving -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: An English packet or mail-boat, crowded with travellers, 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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1803, J.M.W. Turner, Calais Pier: An English Packet Arriving -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: An English packet or mail-boat, crowded with travellers, 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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