Hulks on the Tamar
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1811
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
892 x 1202 mm
Place of origin
Tamar River
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486633
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Hulks on the Tamar by Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851). A circa 1811 scene by J.M.W. Turner of shipping and a hulk in the river Tamar (TATE/(T03881). On the left-hand side is a hulk, stern on, with a large sailing barge under the stern, full of passengers. In the right mid-distance are men-of-war, one bow on in front of the others which are broadside on. Many ships can be seen in the centre distance and the harbour is under a hill. In the right foreground is a buoy and two gulls.
Provenance
Bought by the 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) perhaps from Turner's (1775-1851) Gallery in 1812. Thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by HM Treasury. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax. Allocated to Tate in 1984 and on long-term loan from Tate to the National Trust at Petworth.
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of tax and allocated to the Tate Gallery 1984. In situ at Petworth House
Marks and inscriptions
JMW Turner RA (signed bottom right)
Makers and roles
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851), artist