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Venice, storm at sunset, by Turner

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An image of Venice, storm at sunset. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour and bodycolour with pen and red ink and scratching out on paper, height 222 mm, width 320 mm, 1840-1842.

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Venice, storm at sunset. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour and bodycolour with pen and red ink and scratching out on paper, height 222 mm, width 320 mm, 1840-1842.

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  • Accession Number: 590
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 705 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 132.74kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2011:04:14 14:45:00

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19th Century boats British School choppy choppy seas cityscape evening exterior Fitz_PDP Italian Italy Joseph Mallord William Turner lagoon meteorological rain raining rainy Romanticism rough seas sailing sails sea seascape setting sun storms stormy stormy sea stormy weather sun sunlight sunset tempest Turner Venetian Veneto Venice watercolour weather

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