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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1805 |
| Location | Tate |
The Shipwreck is a landscape painting by J. M. W. Turner in the collection of the Tate. [1] [2] It was completed around 1805, when it was exhibited in Turner's own gallery in Queen Anne Street. The painting is an important example of the sublime in British art. [3]
It is thought that the picture probably records the then recent sinking of the Earl of Abergavenny, which foundered off Weymouth in Dorset on 4 February 1805. [3]
