JMW Turner - Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, 1844, 91 x 122 cm. Turner admired modern technology and here paints the most modern locomotive of its kind crossing Maidenhead Bridge. Turner used swirls and slashes of paint to give the feeling of rain driving across the path of the train, and for the engine’s smoke and steam. In front of the train, a hare is dashing across the tracks. To the right of the bridge, a man and his horse are plowing the land. On the left, you can see two figures fishing quietly from a boat, while a group of people stand on the water’s edge, and seem to be waving as the train hurtles past.