'Distant View of Radley Hall, near Abingdon, from the North', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Distant View of Radley Hall, near Abingdon, from the North

From Oxford Sketchbook

Turner Bequest II

Date c.1789

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 160 x 249 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D00021

Turner Bequest II 9

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 9 Recto:

Distant View of Radley Hall, near Abingdon, from the North c.1789

D00021
Turner Bequest II 9

Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Squared for transfer and inscribed by Turner in pencil with numerals ‘1’ to ‘7’ up left-hand edge, ‘1’ to ‘13’ along top edge and ‘1’ to ‘10’ along bottom edge of grid
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 9’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The doorway in the centre of this façade is studied in greater detail on folio 2 verso (D00012). A different view of the north front of Radley Hall is Tate D00048 (Turner Bequest III C).

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.