
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway 1844 Oil on canvas, 91 x 121.8 cm National Gallery, London A steam engine rushes towards us as it speeds along a bridge through the rain. The bridge…

(1775–1851) The artist’s works: The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli c.1794–1797 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Self-Portrait c.1799 Tate Britain, London Copy of Poussin’s Landscape 1799 Tate Britain, London Christ Crowned with Thorns, after Titian 1802 Tate Britain, London Mars and Venus, after Guercino…