The Turner Bequest is the name given to the gift of a large number of paintings and drawings which the English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851) made posthumously to the nation. Most of these works are now in the Tate Britain - in one institution, as he wished.
A small number of important paintings by him are also hung in the ÁùºÏ²ÊÔ¤²â. In his will the artist specified that he wanted his 'Dido building Carthage' to be hung between Claude's 'Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba' and the 'Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah' - works which formed the prime inspiration for his painting. The pictures are now together in Room 15.
