'Radley Hall from the South-East', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Radley Hall from the South-East

From Oxford and Other Subjects

Date 1789

MediumWatercolour on paper

Dimensionssupport: 330 x 510 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00049

Turner Bequest III D

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Radley Hall from the South-East 1789

D00049
Turner Bequest III D

Pencil and watercolour with pen and black and brown ink within ruled washline border, 295 x 439 mm on white wove paper, laid down, 327 x 509 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Wm Turner pinxt’ lower right
Stamped in black ‘III D’ bottom right
Inscribed in red ink ‘III.D.’ bottom right on backing sheet

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Exhibition history

References

This is one of two finished views of Radley Hall that have survived in the Turner Bequest; see also Tate D00048 (Turner Bequest III C). They are based on notes made in the Oxford sketchbook (Tate D00028, D00043; Turner Bequest II 14, 25a); the latter page has notes of the fenestration. As Finberg points out, this drawing demonstrates ‘the thoroughness’ of Thomas Malton’s teaching while Turner was with him.1

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

Finberg 1961, p.19.

Verso:

Turner’s mount laid down on a modern sheet, stamped with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

Read this catalogue entry in full

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