Oxford from North Hinksey

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775 - 1851



Oxford from North Hinksey

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 - 1851

Summary

Landscape from a high vantage view point with a city seen in the distance. There are figures seen in the foreground; two university dons wearing gowns and mortar boards to the right and female figures cutting corn to the left. A river meanders through the meadow in the middle ground. There is a rainbow in the sky to the left.


Object Name

Oxford from North Hinksey

Date Created

1839 (circa)

Dimensions

support: 37cm x 51.5cm

accession number

1917.102

Place of creation

Europe

Support

Off white wove paper.

Medium

watercolour
gouache
paper

Credit

Mr James Thomas Blair bequest, 1917.

Legal

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