Brünnen, Lake Lucerne in the distance, by Turner

An image of Brünnen, Lake Lucerne in the distance. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour over graphite, with pen, brown and black ink on paper (touches of watercolour, verso, from next page).

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Brünnen, Lake Lucerne in the distance. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour over graphite, with pen, brown and black ink on paper (touches of watercolour, verso, from next page).

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Accession Number: 584
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 800 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 172.12kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:04:14 14:53:00

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19th Century alpine alps architectural architecture British School cityscape donkeys English exterior Fitz_PDP hills hillside houses Joseph Mallord William Turner lakes landscape Lucerne mountainous mountains resort Romanticism shoreline steep Swiss Switzerland towns townsfolk Turner watercolour

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