Turner 's Pluto carrying off Proserpine, oil on canvas, exhibited Royal Academy 1839, National Gallery of Art, Washington ( Wilton P380).
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Pluto carrying off Prosperine 1839
Oil on canvas, 92.4x123.6cm
Exhibitions: RA 1839 (360); Manchester 1857 (191: lent by J.Chapman); Manchester 1887 (609); Guildhall, 1892 (112); RA 1896 (28); Guildhall 1899 (35); Manchester 1908 (20); Knoedler, Nyork, 1914 (37: lent by W.B. Dickerman)
Provenance: ?John Wethered; John Chapman, M.P. by 1852 or '57; by descent to his son Edward Chapman M.P.; bt. 1911 from Sulley by Knoedler, sold to Watson B. Dickerman, 1912; given to the National Gallery, 1951 by Mrs. Dickerman in memory of her husband
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
For a reproduction of this artistic work, please consult: Butlin, M., Joll, E., The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner: Revised Edition (2 Volumes), (Yale University Press, 1984), p.232/pl.384