A brief show on the arttist Turner showing some of his bird watercolours

1. J M W Turner
1775-1851
“The Sun is God”

2. Born into the industrial revolution
● End of an era
● Leisure industry
● Age of Reason
● Technological revolution
● Challenge of orthodox
religion

3. At an early age he was selling his
drawings from his Father's hairdressing
shop window in St Martins Lane, London
Turner's birthplace by
JW Archer 1852

4. The Young Turner

5. He worked for Thomas Malton tinting and
working up topographical drawings
By the time he was 24 he had more
commissions than he could handle

6. 1806 when aged 29 he painted 'Sun Raising through Vapour:'
and 'Fishermen cleaning and selling Fish.'