Thames and the Medway Junction (1807) : The scene depicted in the painting is of The Nore, a sandbank marked, since the 16th century, by a buoy at the north of port of Sheerness at the mouth of the River Medway near London. *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!'