The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 16 October 1834
The story
The Houses of Parliament are engulfed in golden flame on the night of 16 October 1834, with crowds pressing along the Thames to watch. Turner saw the fire from the south bank and filled sketchbooks before painting this the next year — disaster turned into a meditation on how small people are.
- Artist
- J. M. W. Turner
- Year
- 1834
- Period
- Romantic
- Where it lives
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
