Watercolour on paper
England and Wales c.1826-38
England and Wales c.1826-38
Oxfordshire
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Picturesque Views of England and Wales 1827-1838 Watercolours
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>
Merton College Oxford
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
college / university
dog - non-specific
England
England, South East
England, Southern
features
Gothic
industrial and crafts
man
mason
medieval
milkmaid
natural phenomena
Oxford, Merton College
Oxfordshire
people
periods and styles
places
public and municipal
stone
street
tower
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
woman
work and occupations
<p>Unlike most of the watercolours in this display, this work is fully resolved and would have been considered 'finished'  by Turner and his contemporaries. It  was probably intended to form part  of the long series of watercolours that were published in engraved form as Picturesque Views in England and  Wales between 1827 and 1839.</p><p>Turner had been a regular visitor to Oxford since his adolescence. He  was repeatedly called on to record  its architecture in pictures intended  for commercial reproduction. Here  he focuses on repairs taking place to Merton College, rooting his ethereal scene in essential practicalities.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
12 August 2002 – 11 May 2003
2003-05-11
2002-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-12
Turner Watercolours
Collection based display
1 October 2007 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
1 October 2007 – 6 January 2008
2008-01-06
2007-10-01
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
10 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-10
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, USA)
http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
23 June 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
2008-06-23
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2007-10-01
JMW Turner
Tate partnerships & programmes
Merton College, Oxford
support: 294 × 432 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>
Unlike most of the <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>watercolours</span></a> in this display, this work is fully resolved and would have been considered 'finished' <br/>
by Turner and his contemporaries. It <br/>
was probably intended to form part <br/>
of the long series of watercolours that were published 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/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraved</span></a> form as <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/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>Picturesque</span></a> Views in England and <br/>
Wales between 1827 and 1839.</p>
<p>
 </p>
<p>
Turner had been a regular visitor to Oxford since his adolescence. He <br/>
was repeatedly called on to record <br/>
its architecture in pictures intended <br/>
for commercial reproduction. Here <br/>
he focuses on repairs taking place to Merton College, rooting his ethereal scene in essential practicalities.</p>
<p>
 </p>
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adults agriculture and fishing animals: mammals architecture college / university dog - non-specific England England, South East England, Southern features Gothic industrial and crafts man mason medieval milkmaid natural phenomena Oxford, Merton College Oxfordshire people periods and styles places public and municipal stone street tower townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions woman work and occupations
CCLXIII 349