Graphite 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
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Christ Church Oxford Merton Fields
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
boy
children
college / university
dog - non-specific
England
England, South East
England, Southern
features
fence
Gothic
landscape
man
medieval
Oxford, Christ Church College
Oxfordshire
people
periods and styles
places
public and municipal
tower
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
wall
wooded
<p>Oxford was among the first cities outside London that Turner visited, and always retained a special place in his affections. The great clock tower of Christ Church College is seen from outside Pembroke College, from what is now Pembroke Square. As so often in his Oxford views, the lively foreground figures include types drawn from both 'town' and 'gown'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 1993</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
Christ Church, Oxford, from Merton Fields
support: 298 × 384 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>Oxford was among the first cities outside London that Turner visited, and always retained a special place in his affections. The great clock tower of Christ Church College is seen from outside Pembroke College, from what is now Pembroke Square. As so often in his Oxford views, the lively foreground figures include types drawn from both 'town' and 'gown'.</p>
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adults animals: mammals architecture boy children college / university dog - non-specific England England, South East England, Southern features fence Gothic landscape man medieval Oxford, Christ Church College Oxfordshire people periods and styles places public and municipal tower townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions wall wooded
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