Graphite on paper
Architectural Drawings for Commissions
Architectural Drawings for Commissions
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
Architectural and Other Subjects c.1797-1807
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>
Oxford Interior Hall at Christ Church
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
England
England, South East
England, Southern
hall
interiors
Oxford, Christ Church College
Oxfordshire
places
public and municipal
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>Turner first carefully ruled a framework of guidelines, based on a vanishing point just below the bust on the wall at the left. He then added details of the architecture. But this procedure is not a full method of perspective: there is no indication that Turner used measurements or a plan of the building, nor that he calculated the recession to take full account of his viewing position.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Oxford: The Interior of the Hall at Christ Church
support: 346 × 481 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>Turner first carefully ruled a framework of guidelines, based on a vanishing point just below the bust on the wall at the left. He then added details of the architecture. But this procedure is not 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>: there is no indication that Turner used measurements or a plan of the building, nor that he calculated the recession to take full account of his viewing position.</p>
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