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 26 Verso:
Distant View of Oxford 1839
D28342
Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 26 a
Pencil on white wove drawing paper, 140 x 235 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This panorama of Oxford appears to have been taken from a vantage point near the village of North Hinksey. The principal landmarks visible are Magdalen College at far right followed by Christ Church Cathedral and College, All Souls College, All Saints Church, the Radcliffe Camera and St Mary’s Church. The Radcliffe Observatory is just visible at far left. The drawing is rendered with similar handling to Tate D28331–D28334, D28336–D28341, D28345; Turner Bequest CCLXXXIX 21–22a, 23a–26, 28.

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-r1150623, accessed 19 April 2024.