Orleans, Twilight, by Turner

An image of Orléans, Twilight. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour and bodycolour with pen, red and grey ink on blue paper, height 140 mm, width 195 mm, 1826-1831.

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Orléans, Twilight. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour and bodycolour with pen, red and grey ink on blue paper, height 140 mm, width 195 mm, 1826-1831.

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Accession Number: 579
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 731 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 194.14kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:04:18 14:35:00

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19th Century architectural architecture British School carriage cities city cityscape crowds dusk evening exterior Fitz_PDP France French horse drawn carriage horses Joseph Mallord William Turner market moon moonlight moonlit Orleans Romanticism streets streetscape town sqaure towns townsfolk trade trading Turner twilight watercolour

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