The Shipwreck (Turner)

The Shipwreck
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1805
Location
  • Tate

The Shipwreck is a landscape painting by J. M. W. Turner in the collection of the Tate.[1][2] It was completed around 1805, when it was exhibited in Turner's own gallery in Queen Anne Street. The painting is an important example of the sublime in British art.[3]

It is thought that the picture probably records the then recent sinking of the Earl of Abergavenny, which foundered off Weymouth in Dorset on 4 February 1805.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Shipwreck". Tate. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Smiles, Sam (2006). The Turner Book. p. 120.
  3. 1 2 Warrell, Ian (2007). J. M. W. Turner. Tate. p. 50.
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