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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Oxford 1839

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
Distant View of Oxford 1839
D28339
Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 25
Pencil on white wove drawing paper, 140 x 235 mm
Watermarked ‘J wh[atman| Turk[ey mill] | 18[34]’
Inscribed in red ink ‘25’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXXIX–25’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This detailed 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 D28338; Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 24a). This section of the prospect shows Madgalen College Tower at far right, and, moving towards the centre, Christ Church Cathedral and College, All Souls College, St Marys Church, All Saints Church, and the Radcliffe Camera. See also Tate D28331–D28334, D28336, D28337, D28340–D283341; Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 21–22a, 23a, 24, 25a–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-r1150620, accessed 29 March 2024.