Joseph Mallord William Turner

Distant View of Oxford

1839

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In Tate Britain

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
First Mossel and Oxford Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 140 × 235 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D28338
Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 24 a

Catalogue entry

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

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