Graphite on paper
Oxford Sketchbook
Oxfordshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Oxford Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
<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>
St Johns and Trinity Colleges Oxford
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
college / university
England
England, South East
England, Southern
features
Oxford, St John’s College
Oxford, Trinity College
Oxfordshire
places
public and municipal
stonework
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>St John's College is in the centre, and Trinity College to the left. The underlying masses of these buildings were sketched out in watercolour in no.82. A looser pencil study in this book shows the same scene but from a position slightly further to the north.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
St John’s and Trinity Colleges, Oxford
support: 145 × 235 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>St John's College is in the centre, and Trinity  College to the left. The underlying masses of  these buildings were sketched out in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>  in no.82. A looser <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> study in this book shows  the same scene but from a position slightly  further to the north.</p>
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