ID 1248166
Lot 251 | WILLIAM TURNER OF OXFORD, O.W.S. (BLACKBOURTON, OXFORDSHIRE 1789-1862 OXFORD)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
An extensive view from Edgehill, Warwickshire
signed 'W. Turner / Oxford' (lower left, overmounted) and inscribed 'No.1 / View from Edge Hill, Warwickshire - the village of Tysoe in the middle distance, beyond which is seen the hill near Brailes, to the right of it and more distant, the / high ground above Northwick, Campden, Broadway and Ilmington, and in the extreme distance the north end of the / Malvern Hill. - Evening / W. Turner / Oxford' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour, hieghtened with touches of bodycolour, and with gum arabic and with scratching out, on paper
21 x 39 in. (53.2 x 99 cm.)
Provenance
The Rev. L. R. Phelps, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford.
possibly his sale, Provost's Lodge, 2 October 1929.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 April 1998, lot 57.
Exhibited
London, Old Watercolour Society, 1850, no. 188.
Oxford, University Galleries, Exhibition of the Work of William Turner, 1895, no. 40.
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
|---|
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
|---|
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Preview |
| |
| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Buyer Premium | see on Website | |
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |






