| Ships Bearing up for Anchorage | |
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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1802 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, marine painting |
| Dimensions | 119.5 cm× 180.5 cm(47.0 in× 71.1 in) |
| Location | Petworth House, Sussex |
Ships Bearing up for Anchorage is an 1802 marine painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner. [1] Along with the previous year's Dutch Boats in a Gale it marked Turner's move into using a style reminiscent of Nicolas Poussin for his seascapes. [2] It was bought by the art collector the Earl of Egremont and it also known as The Egremont Seapiece. [3]
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It was one of the four paintings, two of them seascapes, that Turner displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1802 - the first since he had been elected to full membership of the Academy. [4] It was also the first painting he exhibited when he signed himself as J.M.W. Turner rather than William. [5] It was acquired by the government in Acceptance in lieu in 1984 and was assigned to the Tate Gallery which holds much of the Turner Bequest. It is on a long-term loan at the National Trust property Petworth House in West Sussex, the historic home of Egremont. [6]
