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St Anne’s Hill, II (In the Garden), for Rogers’s ‘Poems’

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Date

ca. 1830–2

Description

Another celebrated home visited by Turner was that of Charles James Fox, the radical Whig politician. Fox was leader of the opposition when William Pitt was Prime Minister, during much of the 1790s. Turner produced two views of Fox's villa in Surrey for the 1834 edition of Samuel Rogers's Poems. This one accompanied lines written by Rogers at the time of Fox's funeral in Westminster Abbey, recalling his achievements. The house is glimpsed from a bower in the garden. Turner has introduced a couple of books lying open on a bench, a detail suggested by Rogers's affectionate pen-portrait.
Gallery label, September 2004
Medium: Graphite and watercolour on paper
Credit line: 'Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856'

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CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 (Unported)

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Location

St Ann's Hill Park, Chertsey, England

Country

England

Medium

Watercolour