Watercolour on paper
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Radcliffe Observatory Oxford
Purchased 1942
adults
architecture
bicycle
car
man
natural phenomena
observatory
Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory
people
places
public and municipal
shadow
society
street
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
UK cities, towns and villages
woman
paper unique watercolour
The Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford
support: 565 × 387 mm
Purchased 1942
<p><b>N05371</b> THE RADCLIFFE OBSERVATORY, OXFORD 1942</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘R. Schwabe Oxford 1942’ b.r.
<br/>Watercolour, 22 1/4×15 1/4 (56×38).
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Knapping Fund) 1942.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Arts Council, London and tour, January–July 1951 (26).</p>
<p>The Observatory behind the Radcliffe Infirmary was built at the end of the eighteenth century with funds bequeathed by Dr John Radcliffe (1650–1714), physician to William III and Mary II. He left his library and most of his property to the University.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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adults architecture bicycle car man natural phenomena observatory Oxford, Radcliffe Observatory people places public and municipal shadow society street townscapes / man-made features transport: land UK cities, towns and villages woman