Tag: UK

Rain, Steam and Speed (1844)

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…

National Gallery (London)

Established: 1824 Location: Trafalgar Square, London WC2 Website: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The National Gallery in…

Tate Britain

Established: 1897 as National Gallery of British Art; became Tate Britain in 2000 Location: Millbank, London SW1P 4RG Website: https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Joseph Mallord William Turner

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

Victoria (United Kingdom)

(1819–1901) Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901) Empress of India (1876–1901) Queen Victoria in Art: Abercromby, Julia (1840-1915) Queen Victoria 1883 National Portrait Gallery, London    

United Kingdom

Rulers: • British Monarchs Countries: • England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales Crown Dependencies: • Bahamas • British West Indies • Dominica • Guernsey • Isle of Man • Jersey • Tristan da Cunha

Charles Dickens

(1812–1870) Charles John Huffam Dickens Works: • A Child’s Dream of a Star (1850) • A Child’s History of England (1853) • A Christmas Carol (1843) • A Christmas Carol. The original manuscript (English) ◊ Cantique de Noël (French) • A…

T. S. Eliot

(1888–1965) Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM Works: • Eeldrop and Appleplex (1934) • Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry (1917) • Pascal’s Pensées (1958) • Poems (1920) • Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) • The Waste Land (1922) Quotes: • T.…