British, Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore, by J. M. W. Turner. 1833-34. Oil on canvas, 35 ⅝ x 47 9/16 inches (90.5 x 120.8 cm). Courtesy of the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection B1978.43.15. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
Details and Related Material
- Group of wreckers at water’s edge
- Sailing ship with ghostly steam ship in the distance
- Turner’s Slave Ship. [Full title: Slavers Overthrowing the Dead and Dying -- Typho[on]n Coming On
- Turner’s The Shipwreck
- Turner’s A Wreck with Fishing Boats
- Into the moment of crisis
- The Shipwreck Image and Situation as Paradigm
- The Reality of Shipwreck
Created 27 July 2020