Joseph Mallord William Turner

Three Sketches of the Roman Aqueduct, Looking from Ancy to Ars and Vice Versa

1824

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Rivers Meuse and Moselle Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 118 × 78 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D19700
Turner Bequest CCXVI 76

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Rendered in fine, agile line, these three sketches show the remains of the Gorze aqueduct at Ancy and Ars-sur-Moselle near Metz. For further views see Tate D19699, D19701–D19704, D19707; Turner Bequest CCXVI 75a, 76a–78, 79a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2014

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Three Sketches of the Roman Aqueduct, Looking from Ancy to Ars and Vice Versa

1824

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