Joseph Mallord William Turner
Letter from J.M.W. Turner to Robert Stevenson
About this artwork
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artist:Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) English
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title:Letter from J.M.W. Turner to Robert Stevenson
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date created:Dated July 26 1819
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credit line:Purchased by Private Treaty Sale 1989 with the aid of funds from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Pilgrim Trust
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accession number:D 5181 B
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner transformed the art of landscape painting in Britain. From detailed topographical studies to expansive, atmospheric vistas his works celebrate the diversity and emotive power of nature. He was born in Covent Garden, the son of a barber, and exhibited his earliest sketches in his father's...