Artist: JMW Turner (1775 - 1851)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: circa 1831-1832
Materials: watercolour & bodycolour on paper
Dimensions: 29.9 x 41.9cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £75,000 (Total: £220,000)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 5038 (2002)
Provenance:
Charles Heath; John Ruskin, 1840-1846; H A AJ Munro of Novar; 1877 Vokins; Mrs Morris; Howard 1915; Mrs Brocklehurst, 1917; G E Leeming; Agnew 1920; S A Courltard, 1925; by descent Sotheby's, 1995; Agnew's.
Description:
The watercolour shows the west front of Christ Church looking northwards up St. Aldate's. On the left, the demolition of Cardinal Wolsey's almshouses is in progress to make a grander entrance for Pembroke College. Turner had a long association with Christ Church.
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