Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons | JMW Turner | 1835 Size:24"x18" "Lightning Struck a Flock of

"Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches" by William Holbrook Beard

The painting beautifully captures the moment of his fall

captures the dramatic moment of Icarus's descent after his fateful flight too close to the sun

and relentless fury of hell with striking realism and dramatic force

and triumph in a vivid narrative tableau

Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons | JMW Turner | 1835 Size:24"x18" "Lightning Struck a Flock ofThe Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons is the title of an oil on canvas painting by J. M. W. Turner, depicting the fire that broke out at the Houses of Parliament on the evening of 16 October 1834. Along with thousands of other spectators, Turner himself witnessed the Burning of Parliament from the south bank of the River Thames, opposite Westminster. He made sketches using both pencil and watercolour in two sketchbooks from different vantage