unknown artist, nineteenth centuryFormerly Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
The Burning of the Houses of Parliament
Date:
ca. 1834
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
5 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (14 × 19.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.54
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
texture | river | dwellings | smoke | landscape | brushstrokes | water | burning | light | houses | bridge (built work) | city | fire
Associated Places:
Europe | England | City of Westminster | Thames | United Kingdom | London
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
J. M. W. Turner - A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1968-10-31 - 1969-04-21)Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
A. J. Finberg, The life of J. M. W. Turner, R.A. : with a supplment by Hilda F. Finberg, , Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1961, pp. 351-2, 354, 358, 499, NJ18 T85 F55 1961 (YCBA)J.M.W. Turner : a selection of paintings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon., Exhibition held Oct. 31, 1968-Apr. 21, 1969 in the National Gallery of Art , National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1968, pp. 14, 27, no. 12, fig. 12, NJ18 T85 U5 (YCBA)Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 93 (v.1), no. 138, pl. 194, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, pp. 44-5 (v.1), no. 165, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, pp. 51-2 (v.1), no. 194, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)