Shipping with Buildings, Venice, by Turner

An image of Shipping with buildings, Venice (?). Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite, heightened with white on grey paper, height 140 mm, width 190 mm 1840.

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Shipping with buildings, Venice (?). Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite, heightened with white on grey paper, height 140 mm, width 190 mm 1840.

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Accession Number: 1764
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 753 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 631.59kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:04:14 14:36:00

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19th Century British School cities city cityscape English exterior Fitz_PDP Italy Joseph Mallord William Turner landscape marine maritime Romanticism sailing ship sea seascape shipping ships Turner Venetian Veneto Venice watercolour

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