A Shipwreck

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A Shipwreck

1825

Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding (British, 1781–1851) After Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)

J. M. W. Turner, the greatest English marine painter of the nineteenth century, dazzled the public with mid-ocean wreck subjects that were large, spectacular, and widely known through engravings. Although he worked from memory and imagination, Turner brought a convincing and terrifying new naturalism to his depiction of the sea. Perhaps inspired by the poetry of William Falconer’s “The Shipwreck” (1762) or the horror of newspaper accounts of a recent disaster at sea, Turner joined the thrill of the sublime with an interest in the plight of particular humans trapped in dreadful circumstances.

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Object Details

Titles:

A Shipwreck

Date:

1825

Artists:

Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding (British, 1781–1851) After Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)

Medium:

Aquatint and etching with chine collé

Dimensions:

Sheet: 16 1/8 x 20 1/2 inches (41 x 52 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The W. P. Wilstach Collection, bequest of Anna H. Wilstach, 1893

Accession Number:

W1893-2-336

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