Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons | JMW Turner | 1835 Size:24"x18" and triumph in a vivid

and triumph in a vivid narrative tableau

swords and swpears rising in rigid lines

the painting evokes a mood of stillness and gentle unease

and relentless fury of hell with striking realism and dramatic force

Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons | JMW Turner | 1835 Size:24"x18" and triumph in a vividThe Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons is the title of an oil on canvas painting by J. M. W. Turner, depicting the fire that broke out at the Houses of Parliament on the evening of 16 October 1834. Along with thousands of other spectators, Turner himself witnessed the Burning of Parliament from the south bank of the River Thames, opposite Westminster. He made sketches using both pencil and watercolour in two sketchbooks from different vantage