Oil paint on mahogany
Kent
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Oil paintings
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
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New Moon or Ive lost My Boat You shant have Your Hoop
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
beach
boy
children
dog - non-specific
England
England, South East
England, Southern
girl
Kent
Margate - non-specific
people
places
seascapes and coasts
sunset
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
woman
<p>This is a view of the Kent coast at Margate, where Turner often stayed in his later years. Turner had, since the 1820s, been exploring the possibilities of suggesting a wider expanse of landscape through the inclusion of both setting sun and rising moon.</p><p>This delicately coloured seascape was partly painted while already in its frame. Turner worked on the picture rapidly, perhaps developing a sketch. Contemporary critics made fun of Turner’s subtitle, but the little episode shows his understanding and fondness of children.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint mahogany
23 July 2001 – 16 June 2002
2002-06-16
23 July 2001 – 16 June 2002
2002-06-16
2001-07-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-07-23
Painting Seascapes
Collection based display
26 August 2002 – 18 July 2005
2005-07-18
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-26
Marine Painting
Collection based display
7 November 2003 – 8 February 2004
2004-02-08
7 November 2003 – 8 February 2004
2004-02-08
2003-11-07
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham, UK)
http://www.bmag.org.uk
2003-11-07
Turner's Britain
Loan-out
2 June 2011 – 22 April 2012
2012-04-22
2 June 2011 – 11 September 2011
2011-09-11
2011-06-02
Bucerius Kunst Forum (Hamburg, Germany)
http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de
1 October 2011 – 8 January 2012
2012-01-08
2011-10-01
National Museum (Krakow, Poland)
28 January 2012 – 22 April 2012
2012-04-22
2012-01-28
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2011-06-02
Turner and the Elements
Loan-out
14 April 2012 – 27 March 2013
2013-03-27
14 April 2012 – 27 March 2013
2013-03-27
2012-04-14
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-04-14
Constable / Turner
Collection based display
10 January 2015 – 11 March 2015
2015-03-11
10 January 2015 – 11 March 2015
2015-03-11
2015-01-10
National Trust: Petworth House (Petworth, UK)
2015-01-10
Mr Turner
Loan-out
12 February 2021 – 26 September 2021
2021-09-26
12 February 2021 – 26 September 2021
2021-09-26
2021-02-12
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2021-02-12
The Tourists: Ellen Harvey & JMW Turner
Loan-out
16 October 2021 – 14 July 2023
2023-07-14
16 October 2021 – 6 March 2022
2022-03-06
2021-10-16
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark)
18 May 2022 – 11 September 2022
2022-09-11
2022-05-18
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.mnac.es
8 October 2022 – 5 February 2023
2023-02-05
2022-10-08
National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
http://www.nationalgallery.ie
3 March 2023 – 25 June 2023
2023-06-25
2023-03-03
Fondation Pierre Gianadda (Martigny, Switzerland)
2021-10-16
Turner Watercolours: Sun is God
Tate partnerships & programmes
The New Moon; or, ‘I’ve lost My Boat, You shan’t have Your Hoop’
support: 654 × 813 mm
frame: 960 × 1109 × 105 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
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<span class="text19">This is a view of the Kent coast at Margate, where      Turner often stayed in his later years. Turner had, since the </span><span class="text0">1820s, been exploring the possibilities of suggesting a wider      expanse of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> through the inclusion of both setting sun and rising      moon. </span>
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<span class="text19">This delicately coloured seascape </span><span class="text0">was partly painted while already in its </span><span class="text19">frame. Turner worked on the picture rapidly, perhaps developing a      sketch. </span><span class="text0">Contemporary critics made fun of      Turner’s subtitle, but the little episode shows his understanding and      fondness of children. </span>
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<p><b>386. </b>[<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-new-moon-or-ive-lost-my-boat-you-shant-have-your-hoop-n00526" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N00526</span></a>]<b> The New Moon; or, ‘I've lost My Boat, You shan't have Your Hoop’</b> Exh. 1840</p>
<p>THE TATE GALLERY, LONDON (526)</p>
<p>Mahogany, 25 3/4 × 32 (65·5 × 81·5)</p>
<p><b>Coll.</b> Turner Bequest 1856 (90, ‘The New Moon’ 4'3" (sic) × 2'3 1/2"); transferred to the Tate Gallery 1910.</p>
<p><b>Exh.</b> R.A. 1840 (243); Paris 1953 (83, pl. 36).</p>
<p><b>Lit.</b> Thornbury 1862, i, p. 346; 1877, p. 465; Bell 1901, p. 140 no. 222; Armstrong 1902, p. 225; Davies 1946, p. 187; Finberg 1961, pp. 379, 505 no. 534; Rothenstein and Butlin 1964, p. 48; Reynolds 1969, p. 179.</p>
<p>A rebate along the right-hand edge shows that the picture was partly painted in its frame. The paint was quickly and thickly applied in places, resulting in a very pronounced craquelure.</p>
<p>The picture came in for its fair share of the abuse or occasional qualified praise earned by Turner's 1840 exhibits. For the ever-hostile <i>Blackwood's Magazine</i>, September 1840, ‘The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> does not belie the silliness of the title ... What can the moon have to do with the loss of a hoop and a boat? Who would have imagined this to be moonlight? It is far below even “moonshine”. There is a red child squalling lustily. The moral is, that spoiled children of all ages do very silly things.’ <i>The Times</i>
for 6 May dismissed the sub-title as ‘unintelligible periphrasis’, after beginning, ‘This new moon has the merit of being perfectly novel. It resembles no moon that has ever yet illumined the heavens. The substance appears to be putty.’ Only the <i>Spectator</i> for 16 May conceded that the picture had ‘a semblance to nature when viewed from the middle of the room’.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, <i>The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner</i>, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-22T00:00:00
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adults animals: mammals architecture beach boy children dog - non-specific England England, South East England, Southern girl Kent Margate - non-specific people places seascapes and coasts sunset times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions woman