Turner was also a frequent guest of George O ' Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont at Petworth House in West Sussex and painted scenes that Egremont funded taken from the grounds of the house and of the Sussex countryside, including a view of the Chichester Canal.

Chichester Canal ( painting ) | Chichester Canal s vivid colours may have been influenced by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815.

It has been theorised that it was this that gave rise to the yellow tinge that is predominant in his paintings such as Chichester Canal circa 1828.

Chichester Canal circa 1828 by J. M. W. Turner According to historian L. D.

Between 1825 and 1828 the architect and civil engineer Nicholas Wilcox Cundy proposed a Grand Imperial Ship Canal from Deptford to Chichester passing through the Mole Gap, however he was unable to attract sufficient financial interest in his scheme.

The Chichester Canal is a navigable canal in England.

Chichester Canal circa 1828 | Chichester Canal by J. M. W.

The section of the canal that would become the Chichester Canal was formally opened on the 9 April 1822

The section below Cutfield Bridge continued to be leased to the Chichester Yacht Company while the upper part of the canal was leased to Chichester Canal Angling Association.

* The website of the Chichester Ship Canal Trust

An historic causeway to Hayling Island exists, however it is now completely impassible, having been cut in two by a deep channel for the Portsmouth and Chichester Canal in the 1820s, the same company having subsequently funded the road bridge.

The western boundary with Langstone Harbour is defined by an historic causeway known as the wade way, once the principle access from Hayling Island to the mainland, but since bisected by a deep channel for the Portsmouth and Chichester Canal in the 1820s, and no longer safely traversable.

J. M. W. Turner | Turner – Chichester Canal ( painting ) | Chichester Canal

* J. M. W. Turner – Chichester Canal