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Shipping with buildings, Venice (?): 1764

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Shipping with buildings, Venice (?)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Turner, Joseph Mallord William

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Notes

History note: Lord Halifax, from whom purchased by the Rt. Hon. Professor Clifford Allbutt

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1925

Measurements and weight

Height: 140 mm
Width: 190 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1935) by Allbutt, Thomas Clifford

Dating

1840s
Production date: AD 1840

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Whitening
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( grey)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over graphite, heightened with white on grey paper

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 1764
Primary reference Number: 14000

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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