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Thomas Fearnley and Charles Cope were among those who painted this short artist standing on benches on “Varnishing Days,” on which he completed paintings just before they were exhibited. The first volume of John Ruskin’s Modern Painters championed (20[2])this artist (20[1])over the Old Masters. (20[2])This artist donated two paintings on the condition (20[1])that they be hung (20[1])beside (20[2])works by Claude (20[2])Lorrain, (20[3])who (20[1])inspired (20[1])his seascape (20[1])(*) Dido Building Carthage. (10[1])Events on the (10[1])Zong inspired a painting (10[1])by this artist in which chains and drowning limbs emerge from the sea. (10[1])In another painting by this artist, a blurry rabbit (10[1])dashes (10[1])across a bridge (10[4])as a train approaches. For 10 points, name this British painter of (10[1])The Slave (10[1])Ship and Rain, Steam, and Speed. ■END■ (10[4])

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