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    Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish
    Joseph Mallord William Turner. Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish, 1837–38. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

    AT-00000572

    Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish

    by Joseph Mallord William Turner

    View at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Inscriptions

    Inscribed: J.M.W. Turner (on top flag of nearest boat)

    Provenance

    Bought from the artist by John Naylor (died 1889), Leighton Hall, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, 1851 [based on inventory of Naylor’s collection begun in October 1856 citied in Butlin and Joll 1984, p. 145; see also Thornbury 1862]; by descent to Mrs. Naylor, presumably his widow; sold through Dyer and Sons to Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1910 [this and the following information according to Butlin and Joll 1984]; sold to Mrs. W. W. Kimball (died 1921), Chicago, 1910; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1922.

    Exhibition history

    London, British Institution, 1838, cat. 134. Liverpool Town Hall, Pictures Exhibited at a Soiree Given by John Buck Lloyd Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, at the Town Hall on Saturday Evening September 23, 1854, 1854, cat. 40. The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1933, cat. 205. The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1934, cat. 153.

    Publications

    Literary Gazette (February 10, 1838). “Fine Arts: British Institution,” Athenaeum 538 (February 17, 1838), p. 130. Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain vol. 3 (London, 1854), p. 251. Walter Thornbury, The Life of J. M. W. Turner, R. A. vol. 2 (London, 1862), p. 400, 2nd edition, London, 1877, pp. 582, 597. Charles Francis Bell, A List of the Works Contributed to Public Exhibitions by J. M. W. Turner, R. A. (London, 1901), p. 135, no. 211. Walter Armstrong, Turner (London and New York, 1902), p. 229. William Lionel Wyllie, J. M. W. Turner, R. A. (London, 1905), p. 172, no. 211. The Art Institute of Chicago Bulletin 14 (1920), pp. 71 (ill.), 77. The Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings, and Drawings vol. 2 (Chicago, 1920), p. 60, no. 769. Marguerite B. Williams, “Valuable Collection of Paintings Added to Chicago’s Art Treasures,” America Today–Fort Dearborn Magazine (1924), p. 10 (ill.). The Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide of the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago, 1925), pp. 36, 155, no. 769. The Art Institute of Chicago, A Brief Guide to the Collections (Chicago, 1956), p. 32. The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 456. Alexander J. Finberg, The Life of J. M. W. Turner, R. A. (Oxford, 1961), pp. 360, 397-98, 501, no. 477. Jeremy Maas, Victorian Paintings (London, 1969), pp. 61, 71 (ill.). Edward Morris, “John Naylor and Other Collectors of Modern Paintings in 19th Century Britain,” Walker Art Gallery Liverpool Annual Report and Bulletin 1974-75 (1975), p. 98, no. 199. Marin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J. M. W. Turner (New Haven and London, 1977), pp. 202-3, no. 372, pl. 350. John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America (New York, 1979), p. 280. Andrew Wilton, J. M. W. Turner: His Art and Life (New York, 1979), p. 283, no. P372. John Gage, ed., Collected Correspondence of J.M. W. Turner With An Early Diary and A Memoir By George Jones (Oxford, 1980), p. 195, letter no. 264. Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J. M. W. Turner (New Haven and London, 1984), pp. 223-24, no. 372, pl. 380. James N. Wood and Katherine C. Lee, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1988), p. 460. Jon Margolis, “When Paintings Talk…,” Chicago Tribune Magazine (September 17, 1995), p. 15 (ill.). James Rondeau, ed., Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the collection (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2025), 63 (ill.). James Rondeau, ed., Highlights of the Art Institute of Chicago (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2026), 102, 260, no. 73, (ill.).

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    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)
    Date
    1837–38
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    174.5 × 224.9 cm (68 3/4 × 88 1/2 in.); Framed: 216.6 × 268 cm (85 1/4 × 105 1/2 in.)
    Type
    Painting
    Classification
    oil on canvas
    Style
    19th century
    Place
    England
    Department
    Painting and Sculpture of Europe
    Credit line
    Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection
    Accession no.
    1922.4472

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