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Joseph Mallord William Turner

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

1835
oil on canvas
92 × 123.2 cm (36.2 × 48.5 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

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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