Porch at Shipton on Cherwell near Oxford
Porch at Shipton on Cherwell near Oxford
Porch at Shipton on Cherwell near OxfordSigned on gravestone centre right: W. TURNER/1808Watercolour over traces of pencil on laid paper35.1 by 48.2 cm., 13 3/4 by 19 in.Exhibited:London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1808, no.79The present watercolour depicts the porch of medieval Holy Cross Church at Shipton on Cherwell as it was before 1831, when it was demolished and rebuilt, to designs by William Turner and paid for by his uncle, also William. Some materials and features were re-used, including the porch seen in this watercolour, which as evidenced by the present work, was much admired by the artist. This watercolour, drawn when he was only 19, was one of his first exhibits at the Society of Painters in Water-colours.){kind=link}
William Turner of Oxford (1789-1862)
Porch at Shipton on Cherwell near Oxford
Signed on gravestone centre right: W. TURNER/1808
Watercolour over traces of pencil on laid paper
35.1 by 48.2 cm., 13 3/4 by 19 in.
Exhibited:
London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1808, no.79
The present watercolour depicts the porch of medieval Holy Cross Church at Shipton on Cherwell as it was before 1831, when it was demolished and rebuilt, to designs by William Turner and paid for by his uncle, also William. Some materials and features were re-used, including the porch seen in this watercolour, which as evidenced by the present work, was much admired by the artist. This watercolour, drawn when he was only 19, was one of his first exhibits at the Society of Painters in Water-colours.