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Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Man Seated at a Table in the Old Library

1827

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JMW Turner

Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Medium
Gouache and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 141 × 191 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D22691
Turner Bequest CCXLIV 29

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