Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (1775-1851)

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

细节

Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (1775-1851)
'The Sea! The Sea!'
pencil and watercolour, vignette
7¾ x 5 7/8in. (197 x 149mm.)

来源

H.A.J. Munro of Novar; Christie's, 6 April 1878, lot 64 (200 gns. to Agnew's)
W. Lea; Christie's, 28 May 1883, lot 175 (200 gns.)
W. Lea; Christie's, 22 June 1888, lot 362 (130 gns. to Agnew's)
J. Dent; Christie's, 9 April 1892, lot 142 (76 gns. to Cox)
A.C. Capper, Christie's, 22 March 1988, lot 114, repr. (#82,000)

出版

Sir W. Armstrong, Turner, 1902, p.276
A Wilton, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner, 1979, p.456, no.1303, repr.
J. Piggott, Turner's Vignettes, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, September 1993 - February 1994, pp.52, 100

刻印

J.T. Willmore, for The Keepsake, 1837, p.54 (Rawlinson no. 335)

拍品专文

This watercolour is one of four produced to be engraved for The Keepsake, three for the issue of 1836, this example for that of 1837 (see Piggott, op.cit., p.100). It is a homage to the British navy under fire, and illustrates an incident in the story by Lord Nugent about the death of a gallant young Lieutenant; the warships are described as a 'grand epitome of beauty, confidence and strength'