The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834
1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834, 1835. Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851). Oil on canvas; framed: 123.5 x 153.5 x 12 cm (48 5/8 x 60 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 92 x 123.2 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.647 Turner painted two versions of this event. Cleveland's painting views the fire downriver, from the southeast bank of the Thames, while the second version at the Philadelphia Museum of Art views the fire from directly across Westminster Bridge.
- Maker/Artist
- Turner, Joseph Mallord William
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 123.5 x 153.5 x 12 cm (48 5/8 x 60 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 92 x 123.2 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1942.647
- Credit Line
- Bequest of John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection, Art: The International Language, Turner: Imagination and Reality, Visions of Landscape: East and West, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Turner, J. M. Turner, Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art, J.M.W. Turner, British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020), Turner's Modern World, <em>The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons</em>. Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom (1835)., <em>Works of British Artists</em>. British Institution, London, United Kingdom (1836)., <em>National Exhibition of Works of Art</em>. Leeds, United Kingdom, lent by J. G. Marshall, Esg. (1868), <em>Exhibition of works by the old master and deceased masters of the British school</em>. Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom, lent by Victor Marshall, Esg. (1883),, <em>Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, lent by the Estate of John L. Severance (June 26-October 4, 1936).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 203B British Painting and Decorative Arts
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