The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834
Cleveland Museum of Art

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851) · 1835

oil on canvas
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Turner painted two versions of this event. Cleveland's painting views the fire downriver, from the southeast bank of the Thames, while the second version at the Philadelphia Museum of Art views the fire from directly across Westminster Bridge.

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