'View of Nuneham Courtenay, near Abingdon, from the South-West', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

View of Nuneham Courtenay, near Abingdon, from the South-West

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

D00016

Turner Bequest II 6

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 6 Recto:

View of Nuneham Courtenay, near Abingdon, from the South-West c.1789

D00016
Turner Bequest II 6

Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?2 B 6 W]’ towards bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘II 6’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Unless the sketchbook is earlier in date than other evidence suggests, this study must have been made on the spot, rather than as preparation for the finished view of 1787 (Tate D00002; Turner Bequest I B) which is, however, very close in viewpoint and general composition. See also folio 10 recto (D00022). The summary quality of the drawing suggests that it was intended merely as an aide-mémoire to corroborate the accuracy of the print from which D00002 was copied, but Turner evidently went back to the subject to make the more detailed study on D00022.

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.