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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775â1851
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1741
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1809
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1817
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1910
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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19th century
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gum
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scraping out
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watercolor
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wove paper
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29
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40
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drawing
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watercolor
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landscape
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Grand Tour
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boats
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geology
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landscape
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lava
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mountain
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science
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smoke
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volcano
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Campania
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Europe
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Italy
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Napoli
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Vesuvius
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Exhibition History
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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Eruptions: Pompeii and Santorini (Scuderie del Quirinale, 2019-10-05 - 2020-01-19)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760â1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04)
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Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20)
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Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19)
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Visions of Vesuvius (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1978-04-14 - 1978-07-16)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775â1851
Vesuvius in Eruption
between 1817 and 1820