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At what age did J.M.W. Turner become an associate of the Royal Academy?
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J.M.W. Turner
The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838, oil on canvas by J.M.W. Turner, 1839; in the National Gallery, London.
J.M.W. Turner became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1799 at the age of 24, which was the youngest permitted age for election at that time.1