Turner only could have imagined so glorious a scene, or produced its parallel. What a grand architectural pile rises up on the right, and what a picturesque group of war-vessels and row-boats, with a vast range of buildings stretching away into the misty sunshine, is seen on the opposite side; while crowds of figures line the near banks of the river, throng the steps which lead to the water, and cluster on the terraces.  They have come forth to give the Roman Consul, who is seen descending the steps, a farewell greeting; and a splendid pageant, gorgeous with color and brilliant with sunshine, has the poet-painter given us.  We care not whether or no this Art, as defined by percept and gauged by scholastic rule, nor even whether it will bear testing by the laws of Nature, but we know that it is Art which speaks to the feelings, and excites admiration by its own intrinsic beauty.  Turner may in this picture, as in others, have set at defiance every recognized principle which artists are assumed to adopt in their composition, and of which of science have founded their theories of natural laws; he may have intended a style of architecture such as never existed, and have built vessels after unknown at any period in the maritime world; – nevertheless, his imaginative port of Carthage, steeped in golden sunlight, and animate with a vast multitude, is the work of a mind full of the loftiest and most luxurious conceptions.  The picture is one of those bequeathed by Turner to the British Nation.

STEEL ENGRAVING – “REGULUS LEAVING CARTHAGE” from the original painting by Joseph William Turner, engraved by S. Bradshaw, published in 1878. This engraving is in very good condition. The engraving measures 7 ½” x 10 ½”, and is matted to 11” x 14” for easy framing.

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