The Loss of an East Indiaman

JMW Turner (1775 - 1851)

Cecil Higgins Art Gallery CLOSED

circa 1818

Depicts a tilted ship about to be overwhelmed by a huge wave. The passengers and crew are about to be thrown into the sea. This work was acquired with assistance from the Wolfson Foundation.

• Medium: watercolour on paper
• Dimensions: 28 x 39.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £75189 ( Total: £300,757)
• ArtFunded in: 1997
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

Walter Fawkes; Major Horton Fawkes bought at Agnew's; G Mitchell

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