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'Flint Castle' by J. M. W. Turner, 1835 (watercolour)

"Eat a little, and go to sleep. Eat some more, and have a dream. Eat some more, and don't wake up."

"Thank God I have done my duty."

J.M.W. Turner's H.M.S. Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805.

Reputed to be Nelson's [1758-1805] final words.

unwashed hands

The Fifth Plague of Egypt, 1800

J.M.W. Turner was regarded by his contemporary critics as a "parvenu who wallowed in the muck."

An earlier reference to Turner here.

Euthymia

J.M.W. Turner, The Burning of the Houses of Parliament,1834. Turner is thought to have had bipolar disorder.

Euthymia

is a word used for indicating a normal non-depressed, reasonably positive mood. It is distinguished from euphoria, which refers to an extreme of happiness, and dysthymia, which refers to a depressed mood.

The term is also sometimes used referring to the neutral mood (absence of a depressive or manic cycle) that some people with bipolar disorder experience with varying frequency.

More from ABC News here.

An earlier reference on this blog to Turner here.

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J.M.W. Turner's The Slave Ship is regarded as the finest example of 19th century British painting: the perfect match between message and form, according to Simon Schama.

"the point at which Britons gave up their indifference to the slave trade."

The Turner Prize, named after J.M.W. Turner,

is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under 50. It is organized by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised art award. It has become associated with conceptual art, although it represents all media and painters have also won the prize. [source: wiki]