Whalers (J. M. W. Turner)

Whalers
Artist J. M. W. Turner
Year c. 1845
Dimensions 91.8 cm × 122.6 cm (36.1 in × 48.3 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Whalers is an 1845 painting by British artist J. M. W. Turner. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts a whaling ship and her launches pursuing a whale.[1] The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "In Turner Paintings at the Met, the Bloody Business of Whaling". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  2. "In Turner Paintings at the Met, the Bloody Business of Whaling". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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