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Image: Rain Steam and Speed the Great Western Railway

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Title: Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway; the painting depicts an early locomotive of the Great Western Railway crossing the River Thames on Brunel's recently completed Maidenhead Railway Bridge.The painting is also credited for allowing a glimpse of the Romantic strife within Turner and his contemporaries over the issue of the technological advancement during the Industrial Revolution (see below). 
Credit: http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artwork.php?artworkid=14508&size=huge
Author: J. M. W. Turner
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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