'Oxford: Tom Tower, Christ Church', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Oxford: Tom Tower, Christ Church

From Watercolours of Oxford and the Home Counties

Date 1792-3

MediumGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 272 x 215 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00155

Turner Bequest XIV B

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Oxford: Tom Tower, Christ Church 1792–3

D00155
Turner Bequest XIV B

Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 272 x 215 mm
Stamped in black ‘XIV – B’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

This drawing probably belongs to the early part of 1793, and seems to have been executed en suite with the view of Oriel Lane (Tate D00156; Turner Bequest XIV C). Another version dating from about the same time is in a private collection.1

Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.304 no.38, reproduced.

Verso:

Blank; inscribed in a modern hand ‘1’.

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.

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