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thirty" drawings, most of them slight pencil sketches of
shipping. Drawings of the ship Victory are used for a finished
watercolour drawing exhibited three years later at the Royal
Academy. (JCC II, pp. 33, 35; see also JC: FDC, p. 127 and
JCC I, pp. 18, 21)
1803 April 18 Drawing of a church at Chalk near Gravesend, dated 18th
April. (JCC II, p. 33)
1803 April 24 Drawing of a frigate, probably made on a walk to Rochester
and Chatham, dated April the 24th. (JCC II, p. 33)
1803 May 17 Farington records: "Constable called.—Had been to the
Exhibition, thinks Portraits prevail too much.—That Turner
becomes more and more extravagant and less attentive to
nature. His views in Switzerland fine subjects but treated in
such a way that the objects appear as if made of some brittle
material." (Farington VI, p. 2031)
1803 May 18 Farington records: "Constable called and brot. two small
pictures on board painted by Gaspar Poussin—price 15 gs. &
8 gs." (Farington VI, p. 2032)
1803 May 21 Farington records: "I went with him [Constable] to Reinagle's
Junr. to see several small pictures by Gaspar Poussin which
were cut from an Organ Case." Discussion between J.C. and
younger artists, including Thomas Phillips, about Turner.
(Farington VI, p. 2034; see also JCC IV, pp. 217, 279)
1803 May 23 Letter from J.C. in London to Dunthorne, Sr.: "I was near a
month on board, and was much employed in making drawings
of ships in all situation. . . . When the ship was at Gravesend, I
took a walk on shore to Rochester and Chatham. . . . At
Chatham I hired a boat to see the men of war. I sketched the
"Victory' in three views. . . . On my return to Rochester, I
made a drawing of the Cathedral. . . . I joined the ship again
at Gravesend, and we proceeded on our voyage. . . . I came
on shore at Deal, walked to Dover, and the next day returned
to London. . . . I . . . have made a few little purchases—
twelve prints by Waterloo, and four fine drawings by him,
with some other prints. But my best purchases are two
charming little landscapes by Gaspar Poussin." J.C. mentions