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Coniston Old Man, by Turner (attrib)

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An image of Turner, Joseph Mallord William ascribed to. Coniston Old Man (recto title). Recto: wash with some graphite, height 252mm, width 362mm, 19th Century.

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Turner, Joseph Mallord William ascribed to. Coniston Old Man (recto title). Recto: wash with some graphite, height 252mm, width 362mm, 19th Century.

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  • Accession Number: 1587
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 708 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 572.14kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2011:04:14 09:50:00

Key words

19th Century Britain Coniston Cumbria England English exterior Fitz_PDP Joseph Mallord William Turner Lake District landscape mountainous mountains Romanticism sun sunbeams sunburst Turner watercolour

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