Venice, Calm at Sunrise, by Turner

An image of Venice, Calm at Sunrise. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour over black chalk with pen and red ink on paper, height 222 mm, width 325 mm, 1840.

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Venice, Calm at Sunrise. Turner, Joseph Mallord William (British, 1775-1851). Watercolour over black chalk with pen and red ink on paper, height 222 mm, width 325 mm, 1840.

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Accession Number: 591
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 700 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 77.14kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:04:14 14:50:02

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19th Century architectural architecture British School campanile canals churches cities cityscape domes English exterior Fitz_PDP gondolas gondoliers Italian Italy Joseph Mallord William Turner La Serenissima landscape limpid Romanticism San Giorgio seascape sunrise Turner Venetian venetians Venice watercolour Artist/Maker

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