Ships Bearing Up for Anchorage

Ships Bearing up for Anchorage is an 1802 marine painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner.^[1] Along with the previous year's Dutch Boats in a Gale it marked Turner's move into using a style reminiscent of Nicolas Poussin for his seascapes.^[2] It was bought by the art collector, George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont and it also known as The Egremont Seapiece.^[3]

Ships Bearing up for Anchorage
Artist	J. M. W. Turner
Year	1802
Type	Oil on canvas, marine painting
Dimensions	119.5 cm × 180.5 cm (47.0 in × 71.1 in)
Location	Petworth House, Sussex

It was one of the four paintings, two of them seascapes, that Turner displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1802 - the first since he had been elected to full membership of the Academy.^[4] It was also the first painting he exhibited when he signed himself as J.M.W. Turner rather than William.^[5] It was acquired by the government via acceptance in lieu in 1984 and was assigned to the Tate Gallery which holds much of the Turner Bequest. It is on permanent loan at the National Trust property Petworth House in West Sussex, the historic home of Lord Egremont.^[6]

See also

• List of paintings by J. M. W. Turner