© Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
The Loss of an East Indiaman
Artist: JMW Turner (1775 - 1851)
Location: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
Date: circa 1818
Materials: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 28 x 39.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £75,189 (Total: £300,757)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 4394 (1997)
Provenance:
Walter Fawkes; Major Horton Fawkes bought at Agnew's; G Mitchell
Description:
Depicts a tilted ship about to be overwhelmed by a huge wave. The passengers and crew are about to be thrown into the sea.
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