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Brünnen, Lake Lucerne in the distance, by Turner

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An image of Brünnen, Lake Lucerne in the distance. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour over graphite, with pen, brown and black ink on paper (touches of watercolour, verso, from next page).

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Brünnen, Lake Lucerne in the distance. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour over graphite, with pen, brown and black ink on paper (touches of watercolour, verso, from next page).

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  • Accession Number: 584
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 800 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 172.12kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2011:04:14 14:53:00

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19th Century alpine alps architectural architecture British School cityscape donkeys English exterior Fitz_PDP hills hillside houses Joseph Mallord William Turner lakes landscape Lucerne mountainous mountains resort Romanticism shoreline steep Swiss Switzerland towns townsfolk Turner watercolour

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