Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway
- Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway
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title=Rain, Steam, and Speed –
The Great Western Railway
artist=J.M.W. Turner
year=1844
type=oil on canvas
height=91
width= 121.8
museum=National Gallery, London
"Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway" is an oil painting by the 19th century British painter J. M. W. Turner. [citation|title=Angel in the Sun: Turner's vision of history |author= Gerald E. Finley|year= 1999|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press|id=ISBN 0773517472 |url=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0773517472&id=uxroHjm2QAIC&pg=RA5-PA138&lpg=RA5-PA138&ots=ZKjqEtOys-&dq=%22Rain,+Steam+and+Speed+-+The+Great+Western+Railway%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=aC5UG5cMlYhexrkPHMZZGTTmpCg]
This painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, though it may have been painted earlier.
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was one of a number of private British railway companies created to develop the new means of transport. GWR’s aim was initially to connect Bristol with London; its chief engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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 Brunel and completed in 1838. The line from London Paddington to Taplow opened in 1838.
The painting is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London, England.
References
External links
* [http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=ng538 National Gallery] page on the painting.
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