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Composition Study for ‘The Shipwreck’, 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner — VisualArtsDB

Composition Study for ‘The Shipwreck’, 1805

Composition Study for ‘The Shipwreck’, 1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner

1799

Medium: Chalk on paper
Dimensions: support: 433 x 272 mm
Museum: Tate

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The Grand Bridge over the Lake in Blenheim Park, with the Palace Beyond

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The Church of St-Cyr, with Tours in the Distance; Subsidiary Sketch of the Towers of Tours

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[title not known]

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(1)-(3) Rocks at Samson

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Basle, plate 5 from Liber Studiorum

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