Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Grave Altar in the Vatican Museums; also a ?Distant View of St Peter’s, Rome 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ‘Study of a Grave Altar in the Vatican Museums; also a ?Distant View of St Peter’s, Rome’, 1819
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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Title
Study of a Grave Altar in the Vatican Museums; also a ?Distant View of St Peter’s, Rome
From Vatican Fragments Sketchbook
Turner Bequest CLXXX
Date 1819
Medium Graphite on paper
Dimensions Support: 161 x 101 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D15149
Turner Bequest CLXXX 23
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