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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire

Watercolour
1809 (made)
Artist/Maker
Turner, William (Of Oxford) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Watercolour entitled 'Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire'.

Object details

Categories
Landscapes
Paintings
Object type
Watercolour
TitleWychwood Forest, Oxfordshire (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour entitled 'Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire' by William Turner of Oxford. Great Britain, 1809.
Physical description
Watercolour entitled 'Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire'.
Dimensions
  • From catalogue height: 606mm
  • From catalogue width: 794mm
  • Frame height: 990mm
  • Frame width: 1135mm
  • Frame depth: 40mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • W. Turner Shipton on Cher Oxon (Signed in the lower right hand corner.)
  • A scene where a pleasure fair was formerly held in Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire / William Turner Shipton on Cherwell / Oxon / 1809. (Written on the back of the drawing in faded ink.)
Object history
Exhibited at the Old Water Colour Society in 1809.
Lent by J Fulleylove, R I, to an exhibition of water-colour art of the 19th century at the Fine Art Society, 1901.
Subject depicted
Landscapes
Place depicted
Oxfordshire
Bibliographic reference
Timothy Wilcox, ed. The triumph of watercolour : the early years of the Royal Watercolour Society 1805-55 London: Philip Wilson, 2005. ISBN 1898519250
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.136-1929

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Record createdMay 10, 2007
Record URL
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