The Battle of Trafalgar, as Seen from the Mizen Starboard Shrouds of the Victory, 1806, reworked 1808, Tate, London
#4. J.M.W. Turner
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Turner was the incandescent bulb of English painting, the man who could
make light obliterate almost everything it fell on or make it spell out
whatever he pleased. This show was enormous, comprehensive and in all
ways enlightening.