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Artist	J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851)   Alternative names J. M. W. Turner Description British painter and printmaker Date of birth/death 23 April 1775 19 December 1851 Location of birth/death London Chelsea Work location London, Britain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland Authority control WorldCat
Title	The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834
Description	Turner witnessed the fire that burnt down most of the Palace of Westminster on 16 October 1834. He made a watercolour sketch at the time, which he then used as the basis of several larger paintings. As well as this one, he also painted a more distant view with the same title (now at the Cleveland Museum of Art) and The Burning of the Houses of Parliament (Tate Gallery).
Date	1834-1835
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	Height: 36.25 in (92.1 cm). Width: 48.5 in (123.2 cm).
Current location	Philadelphia Museum of Art Native name Philadelphia Museum of Art Location 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Coordinates 39° 57′ 56.67″ N, 75° 10′ 51.33″ W    Established 1876 Website www.philamuseum.org Authority control WorldCat
	room 292, 2nd floor
Accession number	Inventory number M1928-1-41 ( see on gallery's website)
Credit line	The John Howard McFadden Collection, 1928
Source/Photographer	29 November 2004 (original upload date) on the English Wikipedia, by Solipsist. ibiblio.org

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