Why it matters
Queen Dido directs the construction of Carthage. Turner painted it to equal Claude's The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, which had moved him to tears; he considered it his masterwork and refused to sell it.
Did you know?
- It was shown at the Royal Academy in 1815.
- Turner called it his 'chef d'oeuvre'.
- He kept it his whole life.
Based on the Wikipedia article Dido building Carthage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
