# Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish, in Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner painted this in 1837–38, aged about 57. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> Fishing boats pitch on rough water under a sky of piled storm cloud, while hucksters, the dealers who bought the catch at sea, bargain with the fishermen.

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## The work

- 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
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.4472
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Joseph Mallord William Turner](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner), English, 1775–1851

Turner, a London barber’s son, entered the Royal Academy Schools at fourteen and was elected a full Academician at twenty-six. Travelling constantly in Britain and on the Continent, he filled hundreds of sketchbooks and made thousands of watercolours.

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