Rain Steam and Speed the Great Western Railway
Joseph Mallord William Turner
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- Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway
Artist J.M.W. Turner
Year 1844
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 91 cm × 121.8 cm (36 in × 48.0 in)
Location 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.
The painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, though it may have been painted earlier.[i] 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 hare runs along the track in the bottom right of the painting, possibly symbolising speed itself.[2] Some think this is a reference to the limits of technology.[3] Others believe the animal is running in fear of the new machinery and Turner meant to hint at the danger of man's new technology destroying the inherent sublime elements of nature.
The scene is fairly certainly identifiable as Maidenhead railway bridge, across the Thames between Taplow and Maidenhead. The bridge, which was begun on Brunel's design in 1837 and finished in 1839, has two main arches of brick, very wide and flat. The view is to the east, towards London.
The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844.
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