Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1835
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions92.3 cm × 122.8 cm (36.33 in × 48.34 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight is an 1835 seascape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner.[1] It is set at the port of Newcastle in the North East of England. Keelmen are unloading coal from the flat-bottomed boats that has brought it up the Tyne River to the ships that will carry it on its onwards journey. The scene is illuminated by a flood of moonlight and the blazing torches of the keelmen .[2]

It was commissioned by the Manchester textile manufacturer. Henry McConnell as a companion piece by another work of Turner's featuring Venice The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore.[3][4] The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1835 at Somerset House. Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C..[5]

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References

  1. ^ Hamilton p.381
  2. ^ https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1225.html
  3. ^ Hamilton p.402
  4. ^ Bailey p.500
  5. ^ https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1225.html

Bibliography

  • Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
  • Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
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