# A Packet Boat off Dover

- By: Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775 - 1851)
- Date: c. 1836
- Medium: watercolor and gouache with touches of black chalk on gray wove paper, laid down
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: overall: 19.1 x 27.8 cm (7 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.)
- Culture: British
- Credit line: Paul Mellon Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.69409.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/c0b8ea7a-0c50-423d-98aa-7e652c077296/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)