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The Way Down by Joseph Mallord William Turner — VisualArtsDB

The Way Down

The Way Down

Joseph Mallord William Turner

1827

Medium: Chalk and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: support: 192 x 142 mm
Museum: Tate

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1795

A Storm

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Study of a Carriage with Figures; and Sketches amidst the Mountains, ?near Vietri sul Mare

Study of a Carriage with Figures; and Sketches amidst the Mountains, ?near Vietri sul Mare

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1819

Bothwell Bridge, Lanarkshire from the Site of the Battlefield

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Verses: ‘A Reckoning with Time’, after George Colman, and Other Notes (Inscriptions by Turner)

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Dudley: The Castle, Priory and St Thomas’s Church from Wren’s Nest Hill

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1798

River Scene, ?at Leyden

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[title not known]

[title not known]

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1839