Which 18th-19th Century English artist painted 'Hannibal Crossing The Alps' and 'Dido Building Carthage'?
Dido building Carthage by the National Gallery. Most of Turner's works eventually moved to the Tate Gallery in the early 20th century, but "Dido building Carthage" and "Sun rising through Vapour" remain at the National Gallery, shown with the Claudes; a few other selected works by Turner, including "Rain, Steam and Speed" and "The Fighting Temeraire" remain as examples of English painting at the National Gallery. Dido building Carthage Dido building Carthage, or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire is an oil on canvas painting by J. M. W. Turner. The painting is one of Turner's most important works, greatly influenced by the
Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps Hannibal may have used to cross the Alps, which Turner had also visited in 1802. Identifying Napoleon and France with Hannibal and Carthage was unusual: as a land power with a relatively weak navy, France was more usually identified with Rome, and the naval power of Britain drew parallels with Carthage. A more typical symbolism, linking the modern naval power of Britain with the ancient naval power of Carthage, can be detected in Turner's later works, "Dido Building Carthage", and "The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire". The irregular composition, without geometric axes or perspective, breaks traditional rules of composition. It