Rome, The Tomb of Cecilia Metalla
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 - 1851
Summary
Landscape with a view of a drum tower with crenulations and decorated with a frieze of laurels in the centre middle ground, and ruined buildings either side. A man and a woman seated upon a donkey are travelling along a road way which leads into the distance from the foreground. There is a double arched bridge over a river in the middle ground to the left and hills beyond. A lone figure is sat by the road side in the foreground to the right.
Object Name
Rome, The Tomb of Cecilia Metalla
Creators Name
Date Created
1824 (circa)
Dimensions
support: 12.1cm x 22cm
accession number
1947.58
Collection Group
Support
paper
Medium
watercolour
ink
gum arabic
Credit
George Beatson Blair bequest, 1941.
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