Whalers

Title: Whalers
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain
Creator: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851)
Date: 1845 C.E.
Description: The front of a boat and her sails. The dark figure that is next to the boat is a whale. In front of the boat there is wreckage of another boat or some kind of rock. The rest of the painting is loose in its figures to represent how the ocean can be chaotic.
Format: Painting. Oil on canvas. 36 ⅛ x 48 ¼ in.
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contributor: Alexis Nelson
Identifier: 96.29
Subject: Sea; ocean; whale; ship; romanticism; sublime.
Source: Jpg File. Unknown Photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11/2/21. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437854?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&when=A.D.+1800-1900&what=Canvas&high=on&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=*&offset=80&rpp=20&pos=96