Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Oxford and Other Subjects
Oxford and Other Subjects
Oxford c.1787-91
Oxford c.1787-91
Oxfordshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Radley Hall NorthWest
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
country house
England
England, South East
England, Southern
estate
fence
hill
landscape
Oxfordshire
places
Radley, Radley Hall
residential
road
townscapes / man-made features
tree
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>The two vanishing points for the sides of the building are just visible (see photograph). However, Turner did not use a full method of perspective to locate these points. In fact, they are at different heights, whereas they should both be on the horizon.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique pen ink watercolour
Radley Hall from the North-West
support: 374 × 532 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>The two vanishing points for the sides of the building are just visible (see <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/photograph" title="Glossary definition for 'Photograph'"><span>photograph</span></a>). However, Turner did not use a full method of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/perspective" title="Glossary definition for 'Perspective'"><span>perspective</span></a> to locate these points. In fact, they are at different heights, whereas they should both be on the horizon.</p>
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architecture country house England England, South East England, Southern estate fence hill landscape Oxfordshire places Radley, Radley Hall residential road townscapes / man-made features tree UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions
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