Fortified Pass, Val d'Aosta, by Turner

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Fortified Pass, Val d' Aosta. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour over black chalk with gum arabic on paper, height 319 mm, width 474 mm, 1802.

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Accession Number: 1585
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 684 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 696.43kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:04:19 11:44:00

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19th Century alpine alps bridge British School English exterior Fitz_PDP Italy Joseph Mallord William Turner landscape mountainous mountains remote rocks rocky Romanticism Turner valley watercolour

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