A Wreck, with Fishing Boats

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Turner made many of his later seapieces powerfully immediate and disorientating by not including any foreground or landscape reference points. Thisabsence of traditional framing de vices immerses the viewer more directly in the tempestuous scene. Title A Wreck, with Fishing Boats Creator Joseph Mallord William Turner Date c.1840-5 Physical Dimensions 914 x 1222 mm Original Title A Wreck, with Fishing Boats Provenance Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 Type Painting Rights Tate Medium Oil paint on canvas Show more