The painting turned out to be a watercolor by the English artist J.M.W. Turner. Born in 1775, Turner is “perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist,” as London’s National Gallery writes.

Turner shows just one of the animals in the lower right corner of the painting; some believe the figure on the elephant is Hannibal himself. German painter Caspar David Friedrich was fascinated by ...

Contrary to Turner’s reputation as a proto-Impressionist, the picture titled Edinburgh from below Arthur’s Seat (1801) is very much a representational work of art. From the cattle in the ...

A painting of a Welsh castle by one of the UK's most renowned artists will return to Chepstow. JMW Turner painted the watercolour of Chepstow Castle overlooking the River Wye in 1794 when he was ...