The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons I - William Turner

This painting is the first of a famous pre-impressionist diptych. It depicts the fire at the Palace of Westminster inOctober 1834, an event that William Turner witnessed at first hand. A fewmonths after the tragedy, the London artist undertook to depict the burningParliament of the United Kingdom, seen from the banks of the Thames. This is the first painting in this series, the second being The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons II.
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This painting is the first of a famous pre-impressionist diptych. It depicts the fire at the Palace of Westminster inOctober 1834, an event that William Turner witnessed at first hand. A fewmonths after the tragedy, the London artist undertook to depict the burningParliament of the United Kingdom, seen from the banks of the Thames. This is the first painting in this series, the second being The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons II.
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