J.M.W.Turner 1775 - 1851. An early pioneer of English watercolour as a finished items of art. He became known as 'the painter of light'. Some of the most fluid and expressive watercolours may be found in Turners English Rivers paintings

Watercolours of English Towns

Shields, on the River Tyne, 1823, 15 x 22cm, Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection