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Lot Essay
Elizabeth Morrell, the first owner of this drawing, was the daughter of Joseph Chapman, then President of Trinity College, just off St Giles, and likely bought it for the familiarity of the view. Her grandson, Frederick Morrell, went on to become a noted collector of Turner of Oxford, and lived No. 1 St Giles, the last house on the left seen here, and then at Black Hall, at the north end of St Giles, after 1861.
Turner painted other versions of this view at different moments: one dated 1820 (Ashmolean Museum) shows the view shortly before the houses in front of St Mary Magdelene were demolished. In 1841, in the present drawing, he revisited it as the site had just been allocated for the Martyr's Memorial, on which work was completed in 1845.
We are grateful to Timothy Wilcox for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.
Turner painted other versions of this view at different moments: one dated 1820 (Ashmolean Museum) shows the view shortly before the houses in front of St Mary Magdelene were demolished. In 1841, in the present drawing, he revisited it as the site had just been allocated for the Martyr's Memorial, on which work was completed in 1845.
We are grateful to Timothy Wilcox for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.