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Title

Luxembourg

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Physical Description

The top third of the landscape image is the sky with two tower-structures silhouetted on the far right side. There is a structure in the middle of the image with a bridge connecting the cliffs. The bottom right corner of the image is darker and more blue than the rest.

Artist Life Dates

1775-1851

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1839

Accession Number

1991/2.73

Medium and Support

watercolor and gouache on blue paper

relevance

rank 11.82752

Primary Keywords

buildings, historic

landscape (representation)

luxembourg (inhabited place)

valleys (landforms)

watercolor

Title

The Destruction of Sodom

Artist

John Martin

Physical Description

This is a brown ink and wash drawing on a light background that depicts an expansive landscape with three figures in a row in the center area. The foreground shows a rocky, mountainous area with the figures standing on a ledge and square-shaped buildings, or walls, on a rise to the right. One figure is an old man with long white hair and a beard, who is wearing a draped robe and holding a staff. A woman is walking behind him on the path and balancing a vessel on her head. Another woman, behind her, has her arms at her side and looks downward. In the middle and far section of the drawing there is a walled city being destroyed with violent flooding of the city gates and eathquake-like destruction of the buildings. Far down the path a lone woman raises her hands in a gesture of distress. There are turbulent cloud formations in the sky.

Artist Life Dates

1789-1854

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1833

Accession Number

1962/1.117

Medium and Support

sepia wash over graphite on cream wove paper, mounted on paper

relevance

rank 10.02110

Primary Keywords

buildings

historic buildings

palm tree

palm trees

vessels