The Slave Ship

painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner
VisualArtwork painting Q219344
The Slave Ship
J. M. W. Turner · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Slave Ship

Summary

The Slave Ship is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Slave Ship is the creator of J. M. W. Turner[3].
  • The Slave Ship is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • The Slave Ship's instance of is recorded as painting[5].
  • The Slave Ship is associated with the Romanticism movement[6].
  • The Slave Ship's genre is marine art[7].
  • The Slave Ship's depicts is recorded as Zong massacre[8].
  • The Slave Ship's depicts is recorded as Zorg[9].
  • The Slave Ship is made of oil paint[10].
  • The Slave Ship is made of canvas[11].
  • The Slave Ship's collection is recorded as Museum of Fine Arts Boston[12].
  • The Slave Ship's inventory number is recorded as 99.22[13].
  • The Slave Ship took place at Museum of Fine Arts Boston[14].
  • The Slave Ship took place at United Kingdom[15].
  • The Slave Ship's Commons category is recorded as Slavers throwing overboard the Dead and Dying — Typhoon coming on ("The Slave Ship")[16].
  • 1840 marks the founding of The Slave Ship[17].
  • The Slave Ship's depicts Iconclass notation is recorded as 46A181[18].
  • The Slave Ship's title is recorded as Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)[19].
  • The Slave Ship's title is recorded as The Slave Ship[20].
  • The Slave Ship's height is recorded as {'amount': '+90.8'}[21].
  • The Slave Ship's width is recorded as {'amount': '+122.6'}[22].
  • The Slave Ship dates from the Romanticism[23].
  • The Slave Ship's copyright status is recorded as public domain[24].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Slave Ship is the creator of J. M. W. Turner[3].

Publication

The Slave Ship's genre is marine art[7].

Subject and Themes

The Slave Ship is associated with the Romanticism movement[6].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include oil paint[10] and canvas[11]. The Slave Ship dates from the Romanticism[23]. Recorded location include Museum of Fine Arts Boston[14] and United Kingdom[15].

Why It Matters

The Slave Ship ranks in the top 2% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (232 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → marine art
    Width → {'amount': '+122.6'}
    Made from material → oil paint, canvas
    Depicts → Zong massacre, Zorg
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50895|batch #50895]]: because of P276"
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