J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Oxford 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Oxford’ 1839
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Verso:
Distant View of Oxford 1839
D28338
Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 24 a
Pencil on white wove drawing paper, 140 x 235 mm
Watermarked ‘J wh[atman| Turk[ey mill] | 18[34]’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This detailed and carefully wrought topographical study was taken from North Hinksey, a village which lies to the west of the city of Oxford. Executed in fine, crisp line this expansive view continues onto the opposite folio (Tate D28339; Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 25). This section of the panorama shows the Radcliffe Observatory (see Tate D28333; Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 22).

Alice Rylance-Watson
August 2013

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Distant View of Oxford 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-distant-view-of-oxford-r1150619, accessed 27 April 2024.