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Limited Edition by William Turner "Rain, Steam and Speed"
4835 - This limited Edition by the world famous artist J.M.W Turner is titled "Rain, Steam and Speed" It is superbly framed and is one of a 75 edition published worldwide. Supplied with insurance replacement valuation for £1500 along with biographical details on the artist and the image. (Free of charge). Rain, Steam and Speed, The Great Western Railway is an oil painting by the 19th century British painter J.M.W. Turner. The painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, though it may have been painted earlier. It is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London. The Great Western Railway (GWR) was one of a number of private British railway companies created to develop the new means of transport. The location of the painting is widely accepted as Maidenhead Railway Bridge, across the River Thames between Taplow and Maidenhead. The view is looking east towards London. The bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed in 1838. A tiny hare appears in the bottom right corner of the painting. Some have this as a reference to the limits of technology. Others believe the animal is running in fear of the new machinery and Turner meant to hint at the danger of mans new technology destroying the inherent sublime elements of nature. The power and significance of this image seems to lie as much in its purely formal evocation of the speed and power of modern life. Critics who saw the original painting were baffled, but also fascinated, by the artists treatment of such an up-to-date theme, especially his dramatic evocation of speed. H: 95cm W: 120cm D: 4cm
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