Turner - Ships bearing up for Anchorage ('The Egremont Seapiece'), 1801 - 1802 (exh at RA), NT 486621, J. M. W. Turner, between 1801 and 1802

Oil painting on canvas, ships bearing up for anchorage ('the egremont seapiece') by joseph mallord william turner, ra (london 1775 - chelsea 1851), signed `j m w turner pinx? lower right, 1802. A stormy sea and sky, with five ships clustered in the centre, two heading towards the viewer, one at left, elongated and parallel to the horizon. Date: between 1801 and 1802.