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Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Watercolour of a stone arch bridge over rapids, with a tower, small chapel buildings, and misty hills behind.

Saint-Maurice bridge

1820

Painting of a three-arched stone bridge over a river with cattle, figures by the bank, and tall pine trees.

Whalley Bridge and Abbey, Lancashire: Dyers washing and drying cloth

1811

Watercolor of a castellated mansion with towers and grazing cattle, with seated figures fishing in the foreground.

Hampton Court, Herefordshire, Seen from the Southeast

1797

Hazy painting of Venetian boats and gondolas before a domed church, with a decorated barge under a bright sky.

Depositing of John Bellini's Three Pictures in La Chiesa Redentore, Venice

1841

Moonlit watercolor of a crenellated castle above a river, with an arched stone bridge, deer and cattle in the foreground.

Alnwick Castle

1829

Watercolour of a hazy view of Rome with a dome, cypress trees, and two figures in the foreground.

Rome from Monte Mario

1820

Hazy coastal scene with sailing boats and figures on a shore under a pale, sunlit sky.

A View of Deal

Painting of a hazy valley with wooded hills, a stone cottage and grazing cattle in the foreground, and a distant village.

View in Devonshire

1813

Turner painting of Rome seen from a hilltop, with a river curving past domes, a bridge, boats, and a tall pine under a golden

Rome, From Mount Aventine

1820

Oil painting of a shipwreck with figures crowded on a boat in churning waves under a glowing yellow sky.

Disaster at Sea

1835

Painting of survivors in small boats fighting rough, dark waves beside a wrecked sailing ship under a stormy sky.

The Shipwreck

1805

Turner oil sketch of a dark shrouded rider with a skeletal arm reaching out against fiery red and pale misty clouds.

Death on a pale horse

1825

Turner landscape of a river valley with a crowd of elegant figures under tall trees on a hilltop, boats on the water.

England: Richmond Hill, on the Prince Regent's Birthday

1819

Painting of fishing boats with brown sails on rough sea under golden clouds, with seagulls over wet sand in the foreground.

Fishing upon the Blythe-Sand, Tide Setting In

1809

Painting of a river at sunset with a stone arched bridge, large trees on the left, and small figures on the bank.

View of Richmond Hill and Bridge

1808

Turner painting of the Thames under a hazy sky, with a stone arched bridge in the distance and a dark smoke plume on the left

The Thames above Waterloo Bridge

1830

Dusky river scene with a barge at a lock, leaning trees, and ruined abbey silhouetted under a gold sunset sky.

Newark Abbey

1806

Painting of golden trees beside a river with grazing sheep in the foreground and hills under a pale sky.

Trees beside the River, with Bridge in the Middle Distance

1806

Loose oil painting of boats and a large sailing ship in rough waves under a pale sky near a distant shoreline.

Shipping at the Mouth of the Thames

1806

Painting of a river reach at dusk with dark trees, sailing masts and a cloud-filled sky reflected in the water.

Walton Reach

1805

Loose oil sketch of the Thames with moored boats, a cottage, trees, and a distant bridge under a cloudy sky.

The Thames near Walton Bridges

1805

Hazy Venetian lagoon with gondolas, a domed church and a customs house tower in warm pale light.

The Dogano, San Giorgio, Citella, from the Steps of the Europa

1842

Turner painting of a sunlit Roman forum seen through an arch, with a triumphal arch, ruins and robed figures.

Forum Romanum, for Mr Soane's Museum

1826

Loose oil sketch of a misty gorge with a waterfall, tall trees and distant towers under a pale sky.

Tivoli, the Cascatelle

1827

Hazy pale blue and cream painting of Venice with a faint dome, a building at left, and a misty sky.

Venice with the Salute

1840

Painting of a stormy sea with waves breaking on a shore under a hazy, luminous sky.

Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore

1840

Painting of three large sailing warships on rough dark seas under cloudy skies, with a rowing boat of men in the foreground.

The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

1806

Night landscape of a glowing limekiln with an arched opening, bare trees, figures and a cart beside a pool.

Limekiln at Coalbrookdale

1797

Hazy morning view of a golden hillside above a calm loch, with a pier and pale blue distant shore under a luminous sky.

Inverary Pier, Loch Fyne: Morning

1845

Painting of a stone arch bridge over a rushing river below stormy mountains, with cattle and figures in the foreground.

Tummel Bridge, Perthshire

1802

Landscape painting of an Alpine valley with a seated woman on a wall, a hilltop castle, mountains and clouds.

Chateau de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

1802

Turner painting of stormy surf on a coast with a castle, a steamboat and a ship offshore, and figures on the beach.

Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore

1833

Twilight harbor with ships, figures on a rock, and a distant castle under a pink and gold sky, by J. M. W. Turner.

Harlech Castle, from Twgwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

1799

Turner painting of a pink-sailed ship in choppy grey sea under a misty, luminous sky with a faint second sail.

Off the Nore

1840

Painting of a lake with hills and ruins, a woman in white and armored warriors in the foreground, and a tall pine tree at rig

Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sybil

1814

Turner painting of a steamship with smoke near rugged cliffs, a setting sun, and stormy waves under dark clouds.

Staffa, Fingal's Cave

1831

Loose oil sketch of a coastal scene with brown-sailed boats, figures in rowboats, wicker baskets and a distant headland.

A Scene on the English Coast

1798

Painting of fishermen selling fish on a sandy shore at dawn, with sailing boats and a ship on misty water.

Sun Rising through Vapour, Fishermen Cleaning and Selling Fish

1807

Painting of a busy harbor with brown-sailed boats, quayside figures and market stalls under a hazy, glowing sun.

The Harbor of Dieppe

1826

Landscape painting of a river valley with a large tree at left, two seated figures at lower right, and billowing clouds.

Landscape

1850

Turner painting of a churning waterfall over rocks, a rainbow above, and figures with horses and a cart on the shore.

Fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen

1805

Oil painting of a garden terrace overlooking rolling hills and a distant sea with sailboats under a pale sky.

View from the Terrace of a Villa at Niton, Isle of Wight, from Sketches by a Lady

1826

Painting of a Venetian canal with moored boats, gondolas, a classical church at right, and a tall bell tower under a bright s

Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute

ca. 1835

Hazy lake landscape with blue mountains, a lakeside town, pine trees, and small figures on a foreground slope.

Lake of Geneva from Montreux

1810

Watercolor of a lakeside village under mountains, storm clouds parting to light, with a laden boat on the water.

Flüelen, from the Lake of Lucerne

1845

Sepia print of an alpine valley with a village, vineyards, seated figures in the foreground and jagged mountains under a hazy

Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi, plate 49 from Liber Studiorum

published May 23, 1812

Sepia print of cows by a stream beneath a wooden footbridge, with trees and resting figures on the bank.

Bridge and Cows, plate 2 from Liber Studiorum

published June 11, 1807

Sepia seascape of a setting sun over surf, with two sailing boats, wading figures and timber posts on the sand.

The Mildmay Sea-Piece, plate 40 from Liber Studiorum

published February 11, 1812

Watercolor of a lake with blue mountains, a shoreline town, bathers in the foreground and a glowing sunset sky.

The Lake of Zug

1843

Sepia landscape print of trees, a waterfall, a grazing deer, a reclining figure and a distant tower under a hazy sky.

Solitude

1814

Sepia etching of sailing ships tossed by rough waves beside a wooden pier under a stormy sky.

Liber Studiorum: Ships in a Breeze

1808

Sepia print of a wooded path with leaning trees, two figures and a dog resting in the foreground.

Procris and Cephalus

1812

Sepia print of a hilltop castle tower above a riverside town, with trees, figures on a landing and a boatman on the water.

Ville de Thun

1816

Sepia print of Greenwich Hospital domes, deer on a hill, ships on the Thames, and London's skyline beyond.

London from Greenwich

1811

Ink line drawing of a steep mountain gorge with a stone arch bridge and travelers on a path along the cliffs.

Via Mala

c. 1815

Brown ink print of a wooded landscape with fallen tree trunks, a winding path, and a small figure near the roots.

Jason

1807

Etching of tall trees framing a wide plain, with a small group of figures in the foreground and an arched bridge in the dista

The Bridge in Middle Distance

published 1808

Etching of a wide river valley with a seated figure, trees on the right, a ruined castle, and distant hills under open sky.

Junction of Severn and Wye

published 1811

Sepia landscape print with an umbrella pine, a seated figure, and a classical temple and arches in the distance.

Scene in the Campagna

published 1812

Sepia print of farm labourers hedging and ditching beside a gnarled tree, with grazing sheep in the fields beyond.

Hedging and Ditching

published 1812

Brown etching of a wooded ravine with tall trees, rocky cliffs, and a wooden bridge leading to a small building.

Mill near the Grand Chartreuse

published 1816

Pen and ink landscape of trees by a reflective river with a classical columned rotunda and distant buildings.

Isleworth

published 1819

Etching of a woodland with leaning trees, a seated woman near a pool, and a crouching figure among ferns.

Aesacus and Hesperie

published 1816

Etched landscape of a river with a weeping willow, a classical column, a perched bird on a pedestal, and distant wooded hills

Isis

published 1819