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Dutch Boats in a Gale

Duch Boats in a Gale
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1801
TypeOil on canvas, seascape painting
Dimensions163 cm × 221 cm (64 in × 87 in)
LocationNational Gallery, London

Dutch Boats in a Gale is an 1801 oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner.[1] A seascape, it depicts Dutch fisherman struggling against a storm.

It was commissioned by the Duke of Bridgewater as a companion piece to a seventeenth century painting in his possession.[2] It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition at Somerset House.[3] Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery in London.[4]

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Bibliography

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  • Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
  • Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
  • May, Stephen J. Voyage of The Slave Ship: J.M.W. Turner's Masterpiece in Historical Context. McFarland, 2014.

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