The group of drawings to which I refer seems to have been made originally in a small book, solidly bound in calf. On one of the covers Turner has printed boldly in ink ‘Studies P,’ and ‘Shipping,’ which means, doubtless, Studies for Pictures of Shipping. The paper is blue with a coarse surface, similar to
PLATE XIX
FISHERMEN LAUNCHING A BOAT IN A ROUGH SEA
PEN AND INK AND WASH. ABOUT 1802
PLATE XX
STUDY FOR “SUN RISING THROUGH VAPOUR”