J.M.W. Turner
(1775-1851), Landscape painterJoseph Mallord William Turner
Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry
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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by J.M.W. Turner
watercolour, circa 1790
NPG 1314
by Thomas Cooley
pencil, 1810
NPG 4913a
by Charles Robert Leslie
pencil, 1816
NPG 4084
by Charles West Cope
oil on card, circa 1828
NPG 2943
after Sir John Gilbert
pencil, circa 1837
NPG 5566
by John Linnell
oil on canvas, 1838
NPG 6344
by Charles Turner
chalk, 1842
NPG 1182
by Charles Martin
pencil, 1844
NPG 1483
by Charles Hutton Lear
pencil, circa 1847
NPG 1456(25)
by John Phillip
watercolour, circa 1850
NPG 1717
published by Friedrich Bruckmann, after Charles Wentworth Wass, after John Linnell
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1875 (1838)
NPG x197176
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132902
by Samuel Haydon, after Daniel Maclise
drypoint etching, circa 1825-1850
NPG D4423
by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, published 10 May 1827 (31 March 1800)
NPG D12108
by William Daniell, published by William Smith, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, published 10 May 1827 (31 March 1800)
NPG D14457
published by Marseille Middleton Holloway, after John Thomas Smith
lithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D39438
after Unknown artist
etching, mid 19th century
NPG D39445
after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
etching, 1840s-1850s
NPG D39442
by Charles William Sharpe, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
stipple engraving, circa 1840-1854
NPG D39443
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