Paintings - 16th March 2016
Lot 85
Attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner R.A. (1775-1851) and the Monro Academy Casino built...
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Description
Attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner R.A. (1775-1851) and the Monro Academy
Casino built by Cardinal Spinelle-Pauslippe
Inscribed on a label verso
Watercolour
17 x 23cm; 6¾ x 9in
This work is from the Monro Academy Period of Turner's career c. 1795 and is based on a sketch by John Robert Cozens (1752-1799). Dr Thomas Monro employed Turner and Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) to copy scenes by Cozens sometimes working on the same pictures