Tornado in Victorian London: An Oil Painting

An oil painting in a Romantic Victorian style: a tornado tearing through fog-shrouded London; gas lamps bend and gutter water sprays as horse-drawn carriages skid and pedestrians flee along rain-slick cobblestones. In the distance, Parliament and Big Ben loom under swirling dark clouds, with smoke from chimneys and distant ships on the Thames. Debris spirals through the air as figures huddle and church spires glint through the gloom. Thick impasto brushwork and a warm, earth-toned palette of ochres and umbers contrasted with cold blues and purples create dramatic chiaroscuro and a sense of urban catastrophe.