Rocky Bay with Figures
circa 1827-30
Oil on canvas
support: 902 x 1232 mm
frame: 1230 x 1562 x 135 mm
painting
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
N01989
The is unfinished but was intended to become a subject from Homer's 'Odyssey' or 'Iliad'. The scenery is clearly Mediterranean, and there are suggestions of figures on the beach at left, and antique ships in the right distance and under the cliffs at left.
(From the display caption September 2004)
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