Turner's Body lying in State, 29 December 1851

Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Turner died at his cottage in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, on 19 December 1851 and soon afterwards his body was transferred to his house in Queen Anne Street, where it was placed in the centre of the gallery. The funeral took place on 30 December.

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Oxford

Title

Turner's Body lying in State, 29 December 1851

Date

post 1851

Medium

oil on millboard

Measurements

H 14 x W 23 cm

Accession number

WA1881.349

Acquisition method

Presented by Mrs Jones, the artist's widow, 1873

Work type

Painting

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