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Summary

J. M. W. Turner: Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway  wikidata:Q2339059 reasonator:Q2339059
Artist
J. M. W. Turner  (1775–1851)  wikidata:Q159758 q:en:J. M. W. Turner
 
J. M. W. Turner
Alternative names
J. M. W. Turner
Description British painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 19 December 1851 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Chelsea
Work location
London, Britain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q159758
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway; the painting depicts an early locomotive of the Great Western Railway crossing the River Thames on Brunel's recently completed Maidenhead Railway Bridge.The painting is also credited for allowing a glimpse of the Romantic strife within Turner and his contemporaries over the issue of the technological advancement during the Industrial Revolution (see below).
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1844
date QS:P571,+1844-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 91 cm (35.8 in); width: 121.8 cm (47.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,121.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Current location
room 34
Accession number
NG538
Credit line Turner Bequest, 1856
References
Source/Photographer National Gallery, London

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Captions

Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway (1844). Oil on canvas, 91 × 121.8 (aproximation) cm (36 × 48.0 in). National Gallery, London

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