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Ships Bearing Up for Anchorage

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Ships Bearing up for Anchorage
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1802
TypeOil on canvas, marine painting
Dimensions119.5 cm × 180.5 cm (47.0 in × 71.1 in)
LocationPetworth House, Sussex

Ships Bearing up for Anchorage is an 1802 marine painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner.[1] Along with the previous year's Dutch Boats in a Gale it marked Turner's move into using a style reminiscent of Nicolas Poussin for his seascapes.[2] It was bought by the art collector the Earl of Egremont and it also known as The Egremont Seapiece.[3]

It was one of the four paintings, two of them seascapes, that Turner displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1802 - the first since he had been elected to full membership of the Academy.[4] It was also the first painting he exhibited when he signed himself as J.M.W. Turner rather than William.[5] It was acquired by the government in Acceptance in lieu in 1984 and was assigned to the Tate Gallery which holds much of the Turner Bequest. It is on a long-term loan at the National Trust property Petworth House in West Sussex, the historic home of Egremont.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ Eitner p.154
  2. ^ Spencer-Longhurst p.46
  3. ^ Rowell, Warrell & ‎Brown p.66
  4. ^ Bailey p.116
  5. ^ Bailey p.117-18
  6. ^ Tate. "'Ships Bearing up for Anchorage ('The Egremont Seapiece')', Joseph Mallord William Turner, exhibited 1802". Tate. Retrieved 2025-02-06.

Bibliography

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  • Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
  • Eitner, Lorenz. 19th Century European Painting: David To Cezanne. Avalon Publishing, 2002.
  • Rowell, Christopher, Warrell, ‎Ian & ‎Brown, David Blayney. urner at Petworth. Harry N. Abrams, 2002.
  • Spencer-Longhurst, Paul. The Sun Rising Through Vapour: Turner's Early Seascapes. Third Millennium Information, 2003.