The Field of Waterloo (1815) : This painting depicts the battlefield of Waterloo during the Napoleonic Wars and the terrible casualties inflicted during the fighting. The aftermath of Waterloo held a morbid fascination for many artists, providing as it did a terrible spectacle and a scene of human suffering that rather fitted the moralising and sentimental attitudes of the age. The scene, as Turner presents it, is lit by an electrical storm, spotlighting parts of the field and leaving others in near darkness. Just as Hay described, the bodies of the fallen are so tightly packed it is hard to distinguish where one ends and another starts, and it is often impossible to distinguish which side these men fought on. In the foreground, women are mourning lost loved ones. The light in the piece could suggest a symbolic nature such as the wrath of a diving assistance of God. The artpiece shows a battle of harmony against disharmony, while also representing the limitations of the suffering and the freedom of the weather. *JMW (Joseph Mallord William) TURNER (1775-1851) was one of the most important English Romantic Painters of the 19th century. He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings. Turner's imagination was sparked by shipwrecks, fires, and natural phenomena such as sunlight, storm, rain, and fog. He was fascinated by the violent power, turbulence and tidestorms of the sea. It's said that his last words before death were, 'The Sun is God!'