DrawingsBritish18th-19th century

Benvenue (?)

1801

Artists

Joseph Mallord William TurnerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper, darkened

Culture

British

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 26.2 x 41.3 cm (10 5/16 x 16 1/4 in.)

Provenance

John Ruskin; to Charles Eliot Norton, sold; to James Loeb, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1907

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