Venice from the Lagoon, by Turner

An image of Venice from the Lagoon. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite and black ink on paper, height 230 mm, width 305 mm 1840.

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Venice from the Lagoon. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite and black ink on paper, height 230 mm, width 305 mm 1840.

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Accession Number: 589
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 770 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 116.62kB
Exposure time: 1/18
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:04:14 14:42:00

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19th Century architectural architecture British School churches cities city cityscape domes exterior Fitz_PDP gondolas gondoliers Italian Italy Joseph Mallord William Turner lagoon river Romanticism spires Turner Venetian venetians Venice watercolour

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