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View of the High Street, Oxford

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

View of the High Street, Oxford

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This view was commissioned by James Wyatt, an Oxford frame maker and picture dealer, who intended to sell engravings of it in his shop at 115 High Street. The picture was completed in 1810, and its close emphasis on architectural detail is unique in Turner’s painted work. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1812, together with a companion, also commissioned by Wyatt, a 'View of Oxford from the Abingdon Road' (private collection).

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Title

View of the High Street, Oxford

Date

1809–1810

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 68.6 x W 99.7 cm

Accession number

WA2016.48

Acquisition method

accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the Ashmolean Museum, 2016; with additional funding from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund; the Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation); the Friends and Patrons of the Ashmolean; Mr and Mrs Timothy Sanderson; Mr and Mrs Mark Houghton-Berry; and many private donors, 2016

Work type

Painting

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

1775–1851

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