Joseph Mallord William Turner

Lecture Diagram: Building in Perspective with Vanishing Lines

c.1822–8

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: IV. Diagrams after John Joshua Kirby’s Dr Brook Taylor’s Method of Perspective
Medium: Graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 731 x 1028 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D17109
Turner Bequest CXCV 138

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