DrawingsBritish18th century

At Chester

1794

Artists

Joseph Mallord William TurnerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

British

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.5 x 27.3 cm (8 7/16 x 10 3/4 in.)

Provenance

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

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