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Line Fishing, Off Hastings
J. M. W. Turnerca. 1835 (painted) - 1839
The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
Oil painting, 'Line Fishing, Off Hastings', J. M. W. Turner, ca. 1835
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Details
- Title: Line Fishing, Off Hastings
- Creator Lifespan: 1775 - 1851
- Date Created: ca. 1835 (painted) - 1839
- Type: Oil painting
- Rights: Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
- External Link: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82565
- painted: Great Britain, Britain
- artist: Turner, Joseph Mallord William (RA)
- Subjects Depicted: sailing ships; boats
- Place Part Of: Britain
- More Information: This painting shows inshore fishermen using a baited line in the English Channel. Turner based it on a sketchbook drawing of 1816 and a watercolour of 1818. A critic described the painting as 'a beautiful marine piece'. It is probably a pair with the painting St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, also in the V&A.
- Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Height: 58.4 cm estimate, Width: 76.2 cm estimate
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