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 25 Verso:
Distant View of Oxford 1839
D28340
Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 25 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 topographical study of Oxford is taken from a viewpoint at the village of North Hinksey which lies west of the city. Magdalen College is at far right followed by Christ Church Cathedral and College, All Souls College, All Saints Church, the Radcliffe Camera and St Marys Church.
For similar views see Tate D28331–D28334, D28336–D28339, D283341; Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 21–22a, 23a–25, 26.

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-r1150621, accessed 25 April 2024.