There's a sketch at every turn. (J. M. W. Turner)

Imagine my surprise this year when I stumbled across JMW Turner's 'Sheffield, from Derbyshire Lane' in the local gallery. He painted it during a visit to the city in 1797. I love Turner's work, so was very excited to know he had visited so close to the street I had grown up in, although my house was built in the 1890s, 100 years after his visit. The view hasn't changed much in over 200 years apart from cars on the hill rather than the horse.

A pen and watercolour study of Sheffield from Derbyshire Lane by JMW Turner