J.M.W. Turner - Sun Rising Through Vapour: Fishermen Cleaning And Selling Fish Editorial Photo

This magnificent large watercolour depicts Turner's 1807 Royal Academy exhibition painting 'Sun rising through vapour fishermen cleaning and selling fish'. The original oil painting is held today at the National Gallery in London.According to Eric Shanes 'although its title does not state as much, on several occasions Turner would later make it evident that he thought on the scene as a Dutch one, and that it was consequently, populated by Dutch fishermen. However, we cannot be looking at a view on the North Sea coast of Holland for the sun never rises off that principally west-facing coastline. The pier on the right closely resembles the one at Margate that Turner had depicted in the oil painting he gave to Samuel Dobree in 1804.'