File:Turner-The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	J. M. W. Turner
Description	British painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death	23 April 1775	19 December 1851
Location of birth/death	London	Chelsea
Work location	London, Britain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

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

Description

Turner witnessed the fire that burnt down most of the Palace of Westminster on 16 October 1834. He made a watercolour sketch at the time, which he then used as the basis of several larger paintings. As well as this one, he also painted a more distant view with the same title (now at the Cleveland Museum of Art) and The Burning of the Houses of Parliament (Tate Gallery).

Date

1834-1835

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 36.25 in (92.1 cm). Width: 48.5 in (123.2 cm).

Current location

Philadelphia Museum of Art

	Native name	Philadelphia Museum of Art
	Location	2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
	Coordinates	39° 57′ 56.67″ N, 75° 10′ 51.33″ W
	Established	1876
	Website	www.philamuseum.org
	Authority control	WorldCat

room 292, 2^nd floor

Accession number

Inventory number M1928-1-41 ( see on gallery's website)

Credit line

The John Howard McFadden Collection, 1928

Source/Photographer

29 November 2004 (original upload date) on the English Wikipedia, by Solipsist.

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