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Huy on the Meuse: 578

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Huy on the Meuse

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William

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Notes

History note: Charles Stokes; Hannah Cooper (Copper Notebooks, pp. 9 and 17), exchanged in 1856 and eventually sold to John Ruskin in 1858

Legal notes

Given by John Ruskin, 1861

Measurements and weight

Height: 140 mm
Width: 194 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1861) by Ruskin, John

Dating

1820s
1830s
Circa 1827 - 1834

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Gouache
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Red ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( blue)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white with touches of red ink on blue paper

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 578
Primary reference Number: 13960

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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