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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION - SELLING WITHOUT RESERVE
WILLIAM TURNER OF OXFORD, O.W.S. (BLACKBOURTON, OXFORDSHIRE 1789-1862 OXFORD)
An extensive view from Edgehill, Warwickshire
Details
WILLIAM TURNER OF OXFORD, O.W.S. (BLACKBOURTON, OXFORDSHIRE 1789-1862 OXFORD)
An extensive view from Edgehill, Warwickshire
signed 'W. Turner / Oxford' (lower left, overmounted) and inscribed 'No.1 / View from Edge Hill, Warwickshire - the village of Tysoe in the middle distance, beyond which is seen the hill near Brailes, to the right of it and more distant, the / high ground above Northwick, Campden, Broadway and Ilmington, and in the extreme distance the north end of the / Malvern Hill. - Evening / W. Turner / Oxford' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour, hieghtened with touches of bodycolour, and with gum arabic and with scratching out, on paper
21 x 39 in. (53.2 x 99 cm.)
An extensive view from Edgehill, Warwickshire
signed 'W. Turner / Oxford' (lower left, overmounted) and inscribed 'No.1 / View from Edge Hill, Warwickshire - the village of Tysoe in the middle distance, beyond which is seen the hill near Brailes, to the right of it and more distant, the / high ground above Northwick, Campden, Broadway and Ilmington, and in the extreme distance the north end of the / Malvern Hill. - Evening / W. Turner / Oxford' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour, hieghtened with touches of bodycolour, and with gum arabic and with scratching out, on paper
21 x 39 in. (53.2 x 99 cm.)
Provenance
The Rev. L. R. Phelps, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford.
possibly his sale, Provost's Lodge, 2 October 1929.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 April 1998, lot 57.
possibly his sale, Provost's Lodge, 2 October 1929.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 April 1998, lot 57.
Exhibited
London, Old Watercolour Society, 1850, no. 188.
Oxford, University Galleries, Exhibition of the Work of William Turner, 1895, no. 40.
Oxford, University Galleries, Exhibition of the Work of William Turner, 1895, no. 40.
Brought to you by
Lucy Speelman
Junior Specialist, Head of Part II