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J.M.W. Turner

(1775-1851), Landscape painter

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sitter associated with 43 portraits
Artist associated with 4 portraits
Turner is unarguably one of Britain's most famous and innovative artists. After his first visit to the Alps in 1802, he began to combine narrative with the effects of sublime and violent nature, as seen in his Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps (1812). Later landscapes such as The Fighting Temeraire (1838) were remarkable for their dazzling effects of light and colour. While his impressionistic style bewildered some, Constable thought them 'airy visions painted with tinted steam'.

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J.M.W. Turner
by J.M.W. Turner
NPG 1314

J.M.W. Turner; Henry Fuseli
by Thomas Cooley
NPG 4913a

J.M.W. Turner
by Charles Robert Leslie
NPG 4084

J.M.W. Turner
by Charles West Cope
NPG 2943

J.M.W. Turner
after Sir John Gilbert
NPG 5566

J.M.W. Turner
by John Linnell
NPG 6344

J.M.W. Turner
by Charles Turner
NPG 1182

J.M.W. Turner
by Charles Martin
NPG 1483

J.M.W. Turner
by Charles Hutton Lear
NPG 1456(25)

J.M.W. Turner
by John Phillip
NPG 1717

J.M.W. Turner
published by Friedrich Bruckmann, after Charles Wentworth Wass, after John Linnell
NPG x197176

'Artists'
published by Hughes & Edmonds
NPG Ax132902

J.M.W. Turner
after J.T. Allen
NPG D6663

J.M.W. Turner
by Samuel Haydon, after Daniel Maclise
NPG D4423

J.M.W. Turner
by William Daniell, after George Dance
NPG D12108

J.M.W. Turner
by William Daniell, published by William Smith, after George Dance
NPG D14457

J.M.W. Turner
published by Marseille Middleton Holloway, after John Thomas Smith
NPG D39438

J.M.W. Turner
after Unknown artist
NPG D39445

J.M.W. Turner
after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
NPG D39442

J.M.W. Turner
by Charles William Sharpe, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
NPG D39443

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