Joseph Mallord William Turner

‘Athens: the Acropolis’, Sketch for Illustration to Byron

c.1830

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 188 x 226 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D25375
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 253 1

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