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Sunset on Boar's Hill, Oxford

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art | All Rights Reserved

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Date

1845-1850

Artist

William Turner (1789-1862)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

A number of similar sky and cloud studies by Turner of Oxford are datable to 1845-50. Three of this type are included in the 1984 exhibition catalogue, `The Nine Maidens, Morvah’, `Roman Road near Dorchester’ and `Full Moon over the Cherwell’ (see Timothy Wilcox and Christopher Titterington, William Turner of Oxford (1789-1962), 1984, nos. 70-72) where they are described: `The scattering of brilliantly coloured strokes of bodycolour as finishing touches on a drawing executed in watercolour is a common characteristic of Turner’s work in the 1840s and 1850s` (op.cit., p.68). Stratus Clouds Evening` was sold from the collection of Monsieur and Madame Gerard Bauer at Christie's, 22nd January 2003, lot 19.

Descriptive Medium

Watercolour and bodycolour

Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Location

Boars Hill, Oxford, England

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Seascapes

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Landscapes & Seascapes

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