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A rowboat carrying seven men is tossed within a furrow of swelling waves under a blanket of copper-brown clouds in this horizontal seascape painting. The white, foamy waves curve up in a deep U-shape close to us. The people in the rowboat all appear to have light skin, and they wear clothing and hats in shades of crimson red, butter yellow, slate blue, gray, and white. Four of the men row with long oars as the boat pitches toward us. One other rowboat follows in the distance, barely visible over the surging wave to our right. A wooden board and some debris are in the churning waves near the…

Boats Carrying Out Anchors to the Dutch Men of War

Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775 - 1851)

c. 1804 · oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art · Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926)

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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