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Study for ‘A Shipwreck’ by Joseph Mallord William Turner — VisualArtsDB

Study for ‘A Shipwreck’

Study for ‘A Shipwreck’

Joseph Mallord William Turner

1820

Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions: support: 482 x 680 mm
Museum: Tate

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A Waterfall near a Mountain Village

A Waterfall near a Mountain Village

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A Sportsman with a Gun and two Gun Dogs on the Moors near Hall Beck Gill

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Lucerne

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?Variant Study for ‘The Bass Rock’

?Variant Study for ‘The Bass Rock’

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Lighthouse on Cliff

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Mountains, with Castle

Mountains, with Castle

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Screen to the Portail des Libraires, Rouen Cathedral, and Rue de la Grosse-Horloge

Screen to the Portail des Libraires, Rouen Cathedral, and Rue de la Grosse-Horloge

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Views from the River near Nantes: (a) The Château and Cathedral; (b) Looking Upriver to the East; (c) View Back towards Nantes, with the Towers of the Cathedral; (d) More Distant View back towards Nantes; (e) ?Outline of a Boat

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Houses on the Banks of the Water of Leith

Houses on the Banks of the Water of Leith

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The Gateway near the Peterskapelle, Cochem; Church and Village (?Kirsch)

The Gateway near the Peterskapelle, Cochem; Church and Village (?Kirsch)

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