Finley Turner

Regulus is an oil painting by English artist J. M. W. Turner, initially painted in 1828, and now in Tate Britain, London. It depicts the legend of Roman consul Marcus Atilius Regulus' death, in which he was captured by Carthaginian forces and eventually executed after being blinded by the Sun. The scene is a landscape of either Rome or Carthage, with ships and buildings surrounding the ocean. The painting is dominated by the large white Sun in the centre. Turner originally painted and exhibited …