Lot Essay
This watercolour should be compared with A Pollarded Willow (National Gallery of Scotland, Helen Barlow Bequest), which is dated 13 October, 1835
Details
William Turner of Oxford, O.W.S. (1789-1862)
Eel Traps on the Cherwell, Oxfordshire
with inscription on the reverse of the mount 'River Study/by/Mr Willm (sic) Turner/of/Oxford'; watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, arched top
5½ x 8 3/8in. (140 x 213mm.)
Eel Traps on the Cherwell, Oxfordshire
with inscription on the reverse of the mount 'River Study/by/Mr Willm (sic) Turner/of/Oxford'; watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic, arched top
5½ x 8 3/8in. (140 x 213mm.)
Provenance
Sir John and Lady Witt; Sotheby's, 19 Feb. 1987, lot 119 (#5,000)
Exhibited
Oxfordshire County Museum, Woodstock, etc., William Turner of Oxford (1789-1862), 1984-1985, no. 56