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JMW Turner : The Thames Near Walton Bridges, 1805

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Posted by administrator on May 12, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

Fresh, vivid, spontaneous – this is one of Turner’s most attractive oil sketches, I think. He’s responding to the visual sensations of this spot on the River Thames – the colours and shapes of the landscape, and the light flooding… Read more