Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- After Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Transferred from the British Museum 1988
- Reference
- T06105
Display caption
Turner often alluded to current debates about political reform in his work of the 1820s. Several of his topographical views (including Stamford) use threatening storms. Here the storm is in the form of lightning striking the spire of St Martin’s church. This reflects fears Church officials had about reform of the Anglican Church. In Coventry, made some years later, the brilliant sunshine illuminating the town may allude to the survival of the Church after the enactment of reform.
Gallery label, November 2022
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