Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on
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Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on is a powerful 1840 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner that condemns the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade through a dramatic seascape of violence and impending storm.
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| Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3881219 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on Context triple: [The Slave Ship, alternativeTitle, Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on]
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A.
Ship to Wreck
"Ship to Wreck" is a 2015 indie rock song by Florence and the Machine, known for its nautical metaphors and exploration of self-destructive behavior within relationships.
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B.
The American Claimant
The American Claimant is an 1892 comic novel by Mark Twain that satirizes American aristocratic pretensions and social class through a farcical tale of mistaken identity and inheritance.
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C.
John Hudson set adrift
"John Hudson set adrift" refers to the presumed fate of explorer Henry Hudson’s son John, who was cast away in a small boat during the 1611 mutiny in Hudson Bay and never seen again.
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D.
Phantom Ship
Phantom Ship is a small, jagged island in Oregon’s Crater Lake that resembles a ghostly sailing ship and is one of the lake’s most iconic natural rock formations.
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E.
The Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship is a 2002 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere, gruesome opening sequence, and Karl Urban’s supporting role in the doomed salvage crew.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on Target entity description: Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on is a powerful 1840 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner that condemns the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade through a dramatic seascape of violence and impending storm.
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A.
Ship to Wreck
"Ship to Wreck" is a 2015 indie rock song by Florence and the Machine, known for its nautical metaphors and exploration of self-destructive behavior within relationships.
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B.
The American Claimant
The American Claimant is an 1892 comic novel by Mark Twain that satirizes American aristocratic pretensions and social class through a farcical tale of mistaken identity and inheritance.
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C.
John Hudson set adrift
"John Hudson set adrift" refers to the presumed fate of explorer Henry Hudson’s son John, who was cast away in a small boat during the 1611 mutiny in Hudson Bay and never seen again.
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D.
Phantom Ship
Phantom Ship is a small, jagged island in Oregon’s Crater Lake that resembles a ghostly sailing ship and is one of the lake’s most iconic natural rock formations.
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E.
The Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship is a 2002 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere, gruesome opening sequence, and Karl Urban’s supporting role in the doomed salvage crew.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Slave Ship ⓘ |
| artForm | visual art ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
key work of Romantic seascape painting
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major anti-slavery image in Western art ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | late career of J. M. W. Turner ⓘ |
| collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
dark blues and blacks
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fiery reds and oranges ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | J. M. W. Turner ⓘ |
| depicts |
bodies in the sea
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enslaved Africans ⓘ fish and sea creatures attacking bodies ⓘ shackled limbs ⓘ slave ship ⓘ storm at sea ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ typhoon ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Royal Academy of Arts
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surface form:
Royal Academy of Arts, London
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| firstExhibited | 1840 ⓘ |
| genre |
Romanticism
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history painting ⓘ marine art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chains and shackles in the water
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distant slave ship on the horizon ⓘ setting sun ⓘ storm clouds ⓘ turbulent sea ⓘ |
| inception | 1840 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Zong massacre
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accounts of slave ships jettisoning captives ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
horrors of slavery
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maritime disaster ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| technique | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
abolitionism
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human suffering ⓘ moral condemnation of slavery ⓘ nature’s power ⓘ |
| title | Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on self-link ⓘ |
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Subject: Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on Description of subject: Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on is a powerful 1840 oil painting by J. M. W. Turner that condemns the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade through a dramatic seascape of violence and impending storm.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Slave Ship
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alternativeTitle
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Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on
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Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on
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title
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Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming on
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