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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Oxford: The South Porch of St Peter's in the East ?1792

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Oxford: The South Porch of St Peter's in the East’ ?1792
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Oxford: The South Porch of St Peter’s in the East ?1792
D00148
Turner Bequest XIII C
Pencil on white wove paper, 272 x 214 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘XIII.C’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XIII C’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg thought that this was a view of part of Hereford Cathedral; the present identification is due to C.F. Bell. Stylistically the drawing perhaps belongs with the view of Corpus Christi College and Merton Tower (Tate D00116; Turner Bequest VIII B), though in its fluency it already possesses some of the characteristics of the ‘new’ 1792 manner.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Oxford: The South Porch of St Peter’s in the East ?1792 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-oxford-the-south-porch-of-st-peters-in-the-east-r1141332, accessed 26 April 2024.