English painter and draftsman (c.1775–1851)

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Duphalac : suspends the monthly sentence of dysmenorrhoea.

For two kinds of cough, two kinds of treatment : Piriex and Ethnine : "The Parting of Hero and Leander".

Queen Victoria, seated in an armchair by an open fire, day-dreaming about illustrious men of her reign. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1887.

Turner's papers : a study of the manufacture, selection and use of his drawing papers, 1787-1820 / Peter Bower.

Turner's later papers : a study of the manufacture, selection, and use of his drawing papers 1820-1851 / Peter Bower.

Brasenose College, Oxford: quadrangle, with St. Mary's Church and the Radcliffe Camera behind. Line engraving by J. Basire after J.M.W. Turner.

People watching flares warning steamboats that they are approaching shallow waters. Chromolithograph by Robert Carrick after J.M.W. Turner.

Astronomy: a woman walking on a hillside near below Brightling Observatory, East Sussex. Engraving by W.B. Cooke, 1819, after J.M.W. Turner.

A blacksmith working in his forge, and discussing money with two customers, while a boy shoes a horse. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after J.M.W. Turner.

Rizpah keeps watch in the tranquil night over the decaying bodies of her sons. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton and J.M.W. Turner, 1812, after the latter.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Etching by J.S. Storer, 1795, after J.M.W. Turner, 1794.

Rizpah protecting the bodies of her murdered sons Armoni and Mephibosheth. Watercolour after J.M.W. Turner.

Vesuvius in eruption, with spectators on the beach at Naples and the Neapolitan skyline in the foreground. Colour process print after J.M.W. Turner.

Brasenose College, Oxford: the quadrangle. Etching by J. Basire the younger, 1805, after J.M.W. Turner.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the South with boats on the river. Engraving by I. Barlow after J.M.W. Turner.

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A blacksmith working in his forge, and discussing money with two customers, while a boy shoes a horse. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after J.M.W. Turner.

Astronomy: a woman walking on a hillside near below Brightling Observatory, East Sussex. Engraving by W.B. Cooke, 1819, after J.M.W. Turner.

The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Etching by J.S. Storer, 1795, after J.M.W. Turner, 1794.

Brasenose College, Oxford: quadrangle, with St. Mary's Church and the Radcliffe Camera behind. Line engraving by J. Basire after J.M.W. Turner.

Rizpah protecting the bodies of her murdered sons Armoni and Mephibosheth. Watercolour after J.M.W. Turner.