Pools of Solomon, by Turner

An image of Pools of Solomon. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour with touches of gum arabic on paper, height 142 mm, width 206 mm, 1834-1835.

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Pools of Solomon. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour with touches of gum arabic on paper, height 142 mm, width 206 mm, 1834-1835.

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Accession Number: 575
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 695 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 155.86kB
Exposure time: 1/18
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:04:14 14:47:00

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19th Century bible biblical British School English exterior Fitz_PDP Holy Land Jedidiah Joseph Mallord William Turner King Solomon landscape middle east Old Testament panoramic pool pools of Solomon reservoir Romanticism Solomon Solomon's Pools sun sunbeams sunlight sunny sunshine Turner watercolour

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