# Dido Building Carthage or the Rise of the Carthaginian Empire

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TURNER, Joseph Mallord William](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 156 x 230 cm

## Commentary

Turner exhibited a pair of pictures on the theme of the rise and fall of Carthage soon after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. These reflect both on the history of that doomed empire and on the current condition of Britain.

## Related artworks

- [Camposanto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/camposanto-r11c4844f5fdef4>)
- [Dutch Boats in a Gale](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/dutch-boats-in-a-gale-rb21f4cea53fb8a>)
- [Fishermen at Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/fishermen-at-sea-rbaa27833d2c9c3>)
- [Frosty Morning](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/frosty-morning-rb0ad3730db3680>)
- [Heriot&#39;s Hospital, Edinburgh](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/heriots-hospital-edinburgh-rc760389249ce6e>)
- [Landscape with a River and a Bay in the Background](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/landscape-with-a-river-and-a-bay-in-the-background-r67ab03863071d9>)
- [Morning amongst the Coniston Fells](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/morning-amongst-the-coniston-fells-r89ced1cdc94373>)
- [Norham Castle, Sunrise](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/norham-castle-sunrise-rd7cc3016313bfd>)
- [Peace - Burial at Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/peace---burial-at-sea-r925c9e9d96be24>)
- [Quillebeuf, at the Mouth of Seine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/quillebeuf-at-the-mouth-of-seine-r8a68dccf562c15>)
- [Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/rain-steam-and-speed-the-great-western-railway-r6528b2d8074dd6>)
- [San Giorgio Maggiore at Dawn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turner-joseph-mallord-william-r5c8ead19485039/san-giorgio-maggiore-at-dawn-re40e88ba9b222c>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)