Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Vesuvius, from Via Posillipo 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ‘Distant View of Vesuvius, from Via Posillipo’, 1819
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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Title
Distant View of Vesuvius, from Via Posillipo
From Gandolfo to Naples Sketchbook
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV
Date 1819
Medium Graphite on paper
Dimensions Support: 122 x 197 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D15669
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 56 a
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