Biography of Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 is in Painters.

On 23 Apr 1775 Joseph Mallord William Turner was born.

After 1788. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 12). Walton Bridges [Map].

1792. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 16). Tintern Abbey [Map]

1795. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 19). Lincoln Cathedral [Map]

1798. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 22). Norham Castle [Map]: Sunrise.

1799. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 23). Notebook sketch of Stonehenge

1799. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 23). Notebook sketch of Stonehenge

1799. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 23). Warkworth Castle [Map]

1805. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 29). Kew Bridge [Map] and the River Thames, with Brentford Eyot in the Foreground and Strand-on-Green Seen through the Arches: Low Tide. From the Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14.

Around 1822. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 46). Norham Castle [Map], on the River Tweed.

1828. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 52). Stonehenge

Around 1834. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 58). Flint Castle [Map]

1845. Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 69). Norham Castle [Map]: Sunrise.

On 19 Dec 1851 Joseph Mallord William Turner (age 76) died of cholera at the home of Sophia Caroline Booth at 119 Cheyne Walk.

The Diary of George Price Boyce 1851. 30 Dec 1851. Called for John Seddon (age 24) at 10 0'clock, who accompanied me to St. Paul's Cathedral to witness Turner's (deceased) funeral. We first looked over the Cathedral and criticised the wretched taste of the greater part of the monuments, one by Behnes (age 56) seemed to be almost the only one that was simple, grand, and characteristic. The mourners, consisting of the Members of the Royal Academy and manv personal friends, alighted at the west entrance and advanced slowly to the choir preceded by the choristers, etc. Seddon (age 24) and I obtained a central place in the choir, close to the coffn. The beautiful and awe-striking service for the dead was then gone through, its influence being much augmented by the sublimity of the scene. The body was then conveyed into the vaults, followed by the mourners. Father, who had brought Joanna, bought a ticket which admitted us all three into the vaults. I remained to see the stone rolled over him and to assist in adjusting the same—they first threw a basket full of human bones on and beside the coffn before rolling the stone over it. It was placed between the resting places of James Barry, the painter (next to which was that of Sir Joshua Reynolds), and Constantia, the great grand-daughter of Sir Christopher Wren, next to the tomb of Sir Christopher himself.