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Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Turner painting of a crowded sailing boat in rough sea under a stormy sky, with smaller boats in the distance.

Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish

1837-38

Painting of a stormy alpine valley with avalanche and rushing snow, dark cliffs, and tiny figures in the foreground.

Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm

1836-37

Painting of a large fire burning over the Thames at night, with boats and a crowd watching from the banks.

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834

1835

Turner's misty seascape of a sailing ship amid rough waves, with a dark whale and small boats in the foreground.

Whalers

ca. 1845

Turner painting of a stormy sea with a sailing boat heeling into waves, other vessels on the right and a large ship in the ha

Van Tromp, going about to please his Masters, Ships a Sea, getting a Good Wetting

1844

Hazy harbour scene with a timber building, figures on a quay, a red-sailed boat and a rowboat reflected in water.

Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall

1811

Hazy painted view of Rome with the Colosseum, a domed church, Roman columns, and goats in the foreground.

Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino

1839

Oil portrait of a young boy with long brown curls, green jacket, gold buttons and white frilled cravat against a dark blue ba

Self-Portrait

1791

Hazy painting of brown-sailed boats on a river beside a town with a castle tower under a pale sky.

Rochester on the Medway

Oval tray painting of a misty river landscape with autumn trees, resting figures, cattle, and a distant castle, in a gilded l

Abbotsford

Stormy landscape with a glowing pyramid over a city, bodies on the ground, and a dark sky of rain and clouds.

The Fifth Plague of Egypt

1800

Painting of a river valley with a stone arched bridge, village, grazing sheep and snowy mountains under clouds.

Bonneville, Savoy

1803

Painting of sailing yachts racing through choppy waves before a castle on the shore under a warm, cloudy sky.

East Cowes Castle, the Seat of J. Nash, Esq., the Regatta Beating To Windward

1828

Misty landscape of a ruined castle on a hill at sunset, with a river reflecting the light and two figures in the lower right.

Kilgarren Castle

Turner painting of a stormy sea with a blue signal light, a steamboat, breaking waves, and figures on a wet shore.

Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water

1840

Painting of cows wading in a river beside a wooden bridge, with rolling hills and a pale evening sky.

Union of the Thames and Isis ('Dorchester Mead, Oxfordshire)

1808

Painting of Greenwich Park with domed Royal Naval College buildings, deer in foreground, and London's skyline under a stormy

London from Greenwich Park

1809

Painting of Venice waterfront with Ducal Palace, a tall campanile, moored boats, gondolas and a blue sky.

Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace and Custom House, Venice: Canaletti painting

1833

Painting of a sailing ship with a flag crossing a glowing lagoon toward a hazy Venetian skyline with towers.

The Sun of Venice Going to Sea

1843

Turner painting of a golden coastal landscape with two umbrella pines, seated figures, ruins, and a harbour with boats.

en

1823

Painting of Venice with the Bridge of Sighs over a canal, gondolas on the water and the Doge's Palace in warm light.

Venice, the Bridge of Sighs

1840

Painting of a river with cattle wading, a barge, white riverside buildings and a wooded hill under a cloudy sky.

Cliveden on Thames

1807

Hazy golden painting of a classical city on a river, with boats and robed figures on the quay and a stone bridge.

Ancient Rome; Agrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germanicus

1837

Hazy painted landscape of ruined classical palace and bridge over a river, with tall trees and small figures.

Caligula's Palace and Bridge

1831

Turner's painting of a stormy sea with breaking waves, wreckage in the foreground, and a small sail in the mist.

Rough Sea with Wreckage

1840

Stormy sea with a flagged boat of passengers in the foreground and sailing ships in misty light behind.

The Prince of Orange, William III, Embarked from Holland, and Landed at Torbay, November 4th, 1688, after a Stormy Pa…

1832

Turner painting of a glowing sunrise over flood waters, with a small seated figure in the sky above a crowd.

Light and Colour (Goethe’s Theory) - the Morning after the Deluge - Moses Writing the Book of Genesis

1843

Hazy landscape with large trees, a stone bridge and tower in the distance, and small figures in the grass at sunset.

Italian Landscape with Bridge and Tower

1827

Painting of a city seen from an arched loggia, with artists and figures among easels and sculpture in the foreground.

Rom, vom Vatikan aus gesehen: Von La Fornarina begleitet, arbeitet Raffael an seinen Gemälden für die Loggia

1820

Turner painting of a castle on a hilltop above a dark arch over water, with winged figures and a small boat.

Queen Mab's Cave

after 1846

Loose watercolor sketch of a crowded street with ornate buildings, a carriage, mounted riders, and a comet in a blue sky.

Fontainebleau: The Departure of Napoleon

1833

Turner painting of fire consuming Parliament buildings at night, reflected in the Thames, with crowds and boats on the river

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834

1834

Hazy painting of Venice's domed church, campanile and gondolas on a glowing canal under a warm sky.

Venedig, vom Canale della Giudecca aus gesehen

1840

Hazy painted view of Rome with ruins, a domed church, the Colosseum, and grazing goats and cattle in the foreground.

Modern Rome - Campo Vacino

1839

Painting of a old warship being towed by a steam tug at sunset, with a glowing orange sky and calm reflective water.

The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up

1839

Painting of a golden-lit classical harbour with colonnades, arches, boats, figures on the left and a sun over water.

Dido building Carthage

1815

Stormy sea with sailing boats in rough waves beside a crowded wooden pier under dark clouds.

Calais Pier

1803

Painting of a steam train crossing a viaduct in rain and mist, with an arched bridge and a small boat on a river at left.

Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway

1844

Painting of a steamboat tossed by stormy waves under swirling dark clouds with a bright glowing light near the horizon.

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

1842

Hazy lagoon with boats in the foreground and a distant Venice skyline under a glowing yellow and blue sky.

Approach to Venice

1844

Painting of a tree-lined riverside terrace with sailing boats and a low sun glowing over the water.

Mortlake Terrace

1827

Painting of a Venice canal with gondolas, sailboats, a white domed church and a bell tower under a bright blue sky.

Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore

1834

Hazy moonlit harbor with masted ships, small rowboats, and glowing fires on the right bank under a pale sky.

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight

1835

Stormy seascape with sailing boats and a rowing boat in rough waves under dark clouds, by J. M. W. Turner, 1807.

The Junction of the Thames and the Medway

1807

Golden sunset landscape with a hilltop castle, waterfall, bare tree, and small agitated figures in the foreground.

The Rape of Proserpine

1839

Hazy sunset over a river with birds flying, red tents and small figures by the bank, and a serpent-like creature at right.

The Evening of the Deluge

c. 1843

Hazy painted view of Venice with domed Santa Maria della Salute, moored boats and gondolas on the Grand Canal under warm ligh

The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

1843

Painting of a crowded orange-sailed ferry on choppy water, with tall ships and a hazy city under a cloudy sky.

Rotterdam Ferry-Boat

1833

Turner painting of crew in a small boat battling rough waves near large Dutch-style sailing ships under a stormy sky.

Boats Carrying Out Anchors to the Dutch Men of War

c. 1804

Turner painting of a stormy sea with a sailing boat in the foreground, a tall ship in the mist, and a hazy golden sky.

Van Tromp

1844

Watercolor of a large warship beside small sailing boats in rough, brownish seas under a grey sky.

Small Boats beside a Man-o’-War

1796

Watercolor of an arched stone bridge over a river with boats, a rider on a white horse, and a rainbow in the sky.

Bridge at Meulan

1832

Hazy oil painting of Venice's Grand Canal with gondolas, a campanile, and the Ducal Palace under a pale sky.

View of Venice: The Ducal Palace, Dogana and Part of San Giorgio

1841

Watercolor of a covered wooden bridge over a river at dusk, with church towers, washerwomen, and moored boats under a stormy

Lucerne: Moonlight

1843

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

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

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

Disaster at Sea

1835

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

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

Walton Reach

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

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