J.M.W. Turner
Slave Ship
184091 x 123 cm
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Provenance
consigned by the artist to his dealer, Thomas Griffith (born 1795)
December, 1843, sold by Griffith to John James Ruskin (born 1785 - died 1864), London, for his son, John Ruskin (born 1819 - died 1900)
15 April 1869, Ruskin sale, Christie's, London, nr. 50, unsold
1872, sold by Ruskin, through William T. Blodgett (born about 1832 - died 1875), New York, to John Taylor Johnston (born 1820 - died 1893), New York
19-22 December 1876, Johnston sale, American Art Association, New York, nr. 76, to Alice Sturgis Hooper (born 1841 - died 1879), Boston
by descent to her nephew, William Sturgis Hooper Lothrop, Boston
1899, sold by William Lothrop to the MFA, accession date 24 February 1899
Other works by J.M.W. Turner
Abingdon
c. 1806-10
c. 1806-10
River Scene with Cattle
c. 1808
c. 1808
Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute
c. 1835
c. 1835
Waves breaking against the wind
c. 1840
c. 1840
The Whale Ship
c. 1845
c. 1845