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Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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marine art
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Scarborough
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Scarborough Castle
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The Needles
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Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758–1805), British naval officer
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Exhibition History
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)
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J. M. W. Turner - A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1968-10-31 - 1969-04-21)
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J.M.W. Turner : The Sun rising through Vapour (The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, 2003-10-27 - 2004-01-31)
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J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27)
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Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
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Turner's Modern World (Kimbell Art Museum, 2021-10-17 - 2022-02-06)
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Turner's Modern World (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2022-03-27 - 2022-07-10)
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions
ca. 1803–6
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Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Scarborough: Shipwreck at the Foot of the Castle Cliff
ca. 1808