J.M.W. Turner
Keelmen Heaving in Coals
183592.3 x 122.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left on buoy: JMWT
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Widener Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 585
Provenance
Painted for Henry McConnel (1801-1871), The Polygon, Ardwick, Manchester
sold 1849 to John Naylor, Leighton Hall, Liverpool
passed to his wife
purchased 1910 through Dyer and Sons by Thos. Agnew & Sons, London
re-entered April 1910 in Agnew's stock in joint ownership with Arthur J. Sulley & Co., London
purchased 13 June 1910 from Arthur J. Sulley & Co., London by Peter A.B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
inheritance from estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park
Other works by J.M.W. Turner
The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
1843
1843
Harewood Castle from the south east
Van Tromp's Shallop
c. 1832
c. 1832
Venice: Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore
1834
1834
Approach to Venice
c. 1843
c. 1843