'Radley Hall from the North-West', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Radley Hall from the North-West

From Oxford and Other Subjects

Date 1789

MediumPen and ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 374 x 532 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00048

Turner Bequest III C

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Radley Hall from the North-West 1789

D00048
Turner Bequest III C

Pencil and watercolour with pen and black and brown ink within ruled washline border, 340 x 445 mm on white wove paper, laid down, 363 x 532 mm
Stamped in black ‘III C’ bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘III.C.’ bottom right on backing sheet

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Turner did not make a study of the house from this precise viewpoint, but the drawing is evidently based on information derived from the many details that he noted in the Oxford sketchbook (Tate D00021, D00028; Turner Bequest II 9, 14, etc.). See Tate D00049 (Turner Bequest III D).

Turner’s washline border has been cut down at the top and bottom.

Verso:

Laid down on a modern sheet, stamped 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.