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St Michael's Mount, Cornwall

For the geographical feature, see St Michael's Mount.

St Michael's Mount, Cornwall is an 1834 landscape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner.[1][2] It depicts a view of St Michael's Mount on the southern coast of Cornwall.

It appeared at the Royal Academy's 1834 Summer Exhibition at Somerset House. Part of the collection of John Sheepshanks, it was donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1857.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Smiles p.106
  2. ^ Roe p 291
  3. ^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16425/st-michaels-mount-cornwall-oil-painting-turner-joseph-mallord/

Bibliography

  • Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008.
  • Smiles, Sam. J. M. W. Turner: The Making of a Modern Artist. Manchester University Press, 2017.