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Chichester Canal is a painting by the English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker J. M. W. Turner. It was painted in 1828 and was commissioned by George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont. It is now in the Tate Collection.
The work depicts the Chichester Canal in Sussex, southern England. The ship is probably a collier brig, as this serene scene had commercial purpose. Its brilliant colours may have been influenced by atmospheric ash from the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia (see also Year Without a Summer).
See also
List of paintings by J. M. W. Turner
References
External links
Atmospheric effects of volcanic eruptions as seen by famous artists and depicted in their paintings. Scientific paper from Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2007. Archived here.