Art, literature & history
A Packet Boat off Dover
c. 1836
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- 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.)
- Collection no.
- 1986.72.18
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
J. M. W. Turner. A Packet Boat off Dover. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A Packet Boat off Dover — Joseph Mallord William Turner. c. 1836.
Medium: watercolor and gouache with touches of black chalk on gray wove paper, laid down.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 19.1 x 27.8 cm (7 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1986.72.18. Paul Mellon Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.