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J. M. W. Turner, Dido building Carthage, or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire, 1815. Dido building Carthage, or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire is an oil on canvas painting by J. M. W. Turner. The painting is one of Turner's most important works, greatly influenced by the luminous classical landscapes of Claude Lorrain.
Turner instructed in his will that the mill should be sold on his death, which occurred in 1852. This mill was destroyed by fire in 1857, and was rebuilt in 1860 by Edward Turner. At some point after the end of the American Civil War and the return of cotton imports to Lancashire, the rebuilt mill started spinning cotton.
Turner Museum may refer to Turner Museum of Glass, housed in the Department of Engineering Materials at the University of Sheffield, England, founded by W.E.S. Turner; Fred Turner Folk and Culture Museum, in Loeriesfontein, South Africa; Turner Contemporary, a gallery and visual arts organization in Margate, Kent, England, celebrating J.M.W ...
You know that Tina Turner song "Nutbush City Limits?" It's about a real place--Nutbush, Tennessee, where she grew up. (Go on, you know ...
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 36.2 in (92 cm) x 48.5 in (123.1 cm) Cleveland Museum of Art, 92 cm (36.2 in) x 123 cm (48.4 in). The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834 is the title of two oil on canvas paintings by J. M. W. Turner, depicting different views of the fire that broke out at the Houses of Parliament on the evening of 16 October 1834.
Standing in a Tennessee museum, near exhibits of shimmering dresses worn by Tina Turner, Lisa Lyons wiped tears from her cheeks as she remembered the impact the singer and actress had on her life.
The earliest section of the House of the Seven Gables was built in 1668 for Captain John Turner, a wealthy sea captain and merchant who was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1644. Turner partially funded the house's construction through his business of selling fish to slave plantations in the West Indies. [3]
Aside from its town safety functions, the hall also provided a meeting place for citizens of the village and hosted a local museum. Fire protection was officially added in 1888. The town hall maintained its functions until 1976 when it was re-designated the West Chicago City Museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...