ticketsMember | Make a donation

Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves

ca. 1846
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves
  • Artist:
    Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London)
  • Date:
    ca. 1846
  • Medium:
    Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions:
    35 3/8 × 47 1/4 in. (89.9 × 120 cm)
  • Classification:
    Paintings
  • Credit Line:
    Tate, London; Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest, 1856
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings