File:Detail Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway.jpg

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J. M. W. Turner: Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway  wikidata:Q2339059 reasonator:Q2339059
Artist
J. M. W. Turner  (1775–1851)  wikidata:Q159758 q:en:J. M. W. Turner
 
J. M. W. Turner
Alternative names
J. M. W. Turner
Description British painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 19 December 1851 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Chelsea
Work location
London, Britain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland
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artist QS:P170,Q159758
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Title
Rain, Steam and Speed: The Great Western Railway Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lde,"Regen, Dampf und Geschwindigkeit, der Zug »Great Western«"
label QS:Len,"Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway; the painting depicts an early locomotive of the Great Western Railway crossing the River Thames on Brunel's recently completed Maidenhead Railway Bridge.The painting is also credited for allowing a glimpse of the Romantic strife within Turner and his contemporaries over the issue of the technological advancement during the Industrial Revolution (see below)."
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
detail
Date 1844
date QS:P571,+1844-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 91 cm (35.8 in); width: 121.8 cm (47.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,121.8U174728
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institution QS:P195,Q180788
Current location
room 34
Accession number
NG538
Credit line Turner Bequest, 1856
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