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Joseph Mallord William Turner (painter) British, 1775 - 1851 Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835 oil on canvas Overall: 92.3 x 122.8 cm (36 5/16 x 48 3/8 in.) framed: 127.6 x 158.1 x 14 cm (50 1/4 x 62 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.86 |
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Provenance
Painted for Henry McConnel [1801-1871], The Polygon, Ardwick, Manchester, who sold it 1849 to John Naylor, Leighton Hall, Liverpool;[1] passed to his wife, from whom it was purchased 1910 through (Dyer and Sons) by (Thos. Agnew & Sons), London. Re-entered in joint ownership with (Arthur J. Sulley & Co.), London, April 1910; purchased from (Arthur J. Sulley & Co.), London, 13 June 1910 by P.A.B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.
[1] This work was painted as a companion to 1942.9.85 (Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight), exhibited the previous year at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and also owned by McConnel. He was obliged to sell the pictures at a time of business adversity, but regretted selling his Turners to John Naylor, and in 1861 tried, unsuccessfully, to buy at least one of them back. Letter from McConnel to John Naylor, 28 May 1861 (quoted in Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, 2 vols., rev. ed. (New Haven: 1984) I: 205).
Associated Names
- Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
- Dyer and Sons
- McConnel, Henry
- Naylor, John
- Naylor, John, Mrs.
- Sulley & Co., Arthur J.
- Widener, Joseph E.
- Widener, Peter Arrell Brown
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