Watercolour and gouache on paper
The Fire at Sea Sketchbook
The Fire at Sea Sketchbook
Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40
Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
The Fire at Sea Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Shipping in a Storm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
astronomy
boat, rowing
cloud
destruction
emotions, concepts and ideas
lightning
moonlight
sea
seascapes and coasts
ship, sailing
society
storm
transport: water
universal concepts
wave
weather
<p>Unfortunately, this sheet was badly damaged by being exposed to the light over a long period during the late nineteenth century. However, it is still possible to appreciate the scene of marine peril that Turner has conjured up. The flash of lightning on the left draws attention to the plight of two boats, while the distant glow of more tranquil moonlight serves only to heighten the present dangers of those in the storm.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 1995</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache
21 November 2013 – 1 September 2014
2014-09-01
21 November 2013 – 21 April 2014
2014-04-21
2013-11-21
National Maritime Museum (London, UK)
http://www.nmm.ac.uk
2013-11-21
Turner and Marine Painting: Imagining the Sea, 1796 - 1899
Loan-out
Shipping in a Storm
support: 139 × 228 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>Unfortunately, this sheet was badly damaged by being exposed to the light over a long period during the late nineteenth century. However, it is still possible to appreciate the scene of marine peril that Turner has conjured up. The flash of lightning on the left draws attention to the plight of two boats, while the distant glow of more tranquil moonlight serves only to heighten the present dangers of those in the storm.</p>
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astronomy boat, rowing cloud destruction emotions, concepts and ideas lightning moonlight sea seascapes and coasts ship, sailing society storm transport: water universal concepts wave weather
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