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River scene with a bridge in the distance
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
(Draughtsman)
Height: 225 mm
Width: 295 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1950)
by
Bacon, T.W.
Production date: circa AD 1808
Watercolour
Graphite
Black chalk
Gum arabic
Oil paint
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Watercolour and oils over graphite, black chalk, gum arabic with scratching out on paper
Accession number: PD.110-1950
Primary reference Number: 13917
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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"River scene with a bridge in the distance"
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Accession Number: PD.2-1948
Accession Number: 402
Accession Number: T.168-1977
Accession Number: C.2241-1928
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