By Kind Permission of Lancaster University Library
By Kind Permission of Lancaster University Library
Turner 's Port Ruysdael, oil on canvas, exhibited Royal Academy 1827, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven ( Wilton P237).
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Port Ruysdael 1827
Oil on canvas, 92x122.5cm
Exhibitions: RA 1827 (147); Earls Court, 1897 (17); Montreal Art Assoc. 1901; S. Francisco, 1933 (66); Carnegie Institute 1938 (58); NewYork World Fair 1940 (159); Detroit Institute of Art 1942 (64, repr); Indianapolis 1955 (22); Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1960 (37); Richmond 1963 (134); RA 1964-5 (168); Washington 1968-9 (11); Yale 1982 (pl.26)
Provenance: Bt. from Turner March 1844 by Elhanan Bicknell; Bicknell sale, Christie's 25/4/1863 (120), bt. Agnew for John Heugh; bt. Back by Agnew, 1864 and sold to John Kelk (later, Sir Kelk); sale Christie's 11/3/1899 (40), bt. Tooth; Hon. (later, Sir) George Drummond, Montreal by 1901; sale Christie's 27/6/1919 (158), bt Knoedler; sold to John J. Astor, New York, 1946; sale Parke-Bernet Galleries 19/10/1961 (44), bt Newhouse & Agnew; bt by Mr. Paul Mellon from Agnew, 1962
Further Comments: 'Port Ruysdael' is a fictitious title created by Turner. Finberg believes this act was a mark of respect for the Dutch artist, Jacob Ruisdael (c.1628-82).
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven, USA