Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth

J. M. W. Turner

1842 · Oil on canvas · Tate Britain, London

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About this work

Artist: J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851)
Year: 1842
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 91 × 122 cm
Collection: Tate Britain, London
Movement: Romanticism

A paddle steamer labours in a vortex of snow, spray and smoke, its mast and paddle-wheel barely legible at the centre of a composition that spins around a single pale patch of light. Turner painted it in 1842, in his late sixties, and showed it at the Royal Academy that year with a long title claiming he had been aboard the Ariel the night she left Harwich. Modern scholars doubt the story of being lashed to the mast for four hours, but the picture's ambition is clear: to make paint convey wind and motion rather than describe a ship. Reviewers who expected a legible vessel were baffled; Ruskin judged it the greatest sea painting Turner ever made. Turner never sold it. It passed to the nation in the Turner Bequest and hangs at Tate Britain.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A vortex of snow, spray and smoke around one pale patch of light, for a study, hallway or coastal living room at 16×24 or 24×36 in black. A white, pale grey or deep blue wall; it reads as near-abstract and suits spare rooms.

Style: Exhibition poster of a Romanticism painting
Era: 19th century (1842)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: dramatic, moody
Rooms: living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth in the public domain?

Yes. J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Tate Britain.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth painted, and in what medium?

Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth dates from 1842 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 91 × 122 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of J. M. W. Turner's Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth — Snow Storm — a paddle-steamer swallowed in a whirling vortex of snow, spray and smoke — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Light, Storm and Sea: The English Romantic, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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