J.M.W. Turner [Peace - Burial At Sea] 1842

◧ Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851)
◧ Country: Great Britain
◧ Title: [Peace - Burial At Sea]
◧ Medium: Oil painting on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 87 × 86.7 cm (34-3/4" x 34-3/4")

◧ Museum: Tate Britain, London

◧ Country of Stamp Issue: Great Britain
◧ Date of Issue: Feb 19, 1975
◧ Face Value: 4-1/2 Pence
◧ Issued to commemorate the bicentennial of Turner's birth.

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[Peace - Burial At Sea] shows the burial at sea of Turner’s friend, the artist David Wilkie. The cool palette and saturated blacks create a striking contrast to its pair, "War", hung alongside, and convey the calm of Wilkie’s dignified death, compared to Napoleon’s disgrace. The two titles "War" and "Peace" are illustrated as abstract concepts, via tone and colour, rather than as actual events. Both works were roundly criticised at the time for their lack of finishing. (excerpt from Tate Britain)

Below is the Turner's "War" painting, displayed next to the "Peace", [Peace - Burial At Sea], at Tate Britain. It is [War. The Exile and the Rock Limpet], made in 1842.