St Michael's Mount, Cornwall

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St Michael's Mount, Cornwall
Turner - St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, c.1834, FA.209(O).jpg
Artist J. M. W. Turner
Yearc.1834
Type Oil on canvas, landscape
Dimensions61 cm× 77.4 cm(24 in× 30.5 in)
Location Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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.

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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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