Oxfordshire Day is celebrated annually on 19 October. This curation celebrates artworks depicting the wonderful, and historical, county of Oxfordshire, as well as the Methodist links with it.

30 artworks
John Wesley (1703–1791)
Image credit: The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

John Wesley (1703–1791) 1743

John Michael Williams (1710–c.1780) (after)

Oil on canvas

H 89 x W 66.5 cm

The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

Reverend Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
Image credit: Donald Ryan

Reverend Charles Wesley (1707–1788) 1749

Thomas Hudson (1701–1779) (after)

Oil on canvas

H 92.7 x W 72.4 cm

Epworth Old Rectory

Oxford from the River with Christ Church in the Foreground c.1820

William Turner (1789–1862)

Oil on millboard

H 27.9 x W 47.6 cm

Yale Center for British Art

Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford 1793

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

Watercolour on paper

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

The Lincoln College Barge, Summer Eights, 1957
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Lincoln College, University of Oxford

The Lincoln College Barge, Summer Eights, 1957 c.1958

H. T. L.

Oil on canvas

H 40 x W 50 cm

Lincoln College, University of Oxford

John Wesley (1703–1791)
Image credit: Lincoln College, University of Oxford

John Wesley (1703–1791) c.1925

Herbert Read (1885–1950) (probably)

Bronze

H 63 cm

Lincoln College, University of Oxford

John Wesley (1703–1791)
Image credit: Lincoln College, University of Oxford

John Wesley (1703–1791) 1891

John Adams-Acton (1830–1910)

Bronze

H 99 cm

Lincoln College, University of Oxford

John Wesley (1703–1791), Fellow (1726–1751)
Image credit: Keith Barnes

John Wesley (1703–1791), Fellow (1726–1751)

John Jackson (1778–1831) (after)

Oil on canvas

H 76.2 x W 50.8 cm

Lincoln College, University of Oxford

View of Oxford from above Ferry Hinksey
Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

View of Oxford from above Ferry Hinksey 1872

Joseph Fisher (1796–1890)

Oil on canvas

H 41 x W 84 cm

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The Lady Spencer College of Education, Wheatley, Oxfordshire
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Oxford Brookes University Special Collections and Archives

The Lady Spencer College of Education, Wheatley, Oxfordshire 1965

Frank Boothman (active 1953–1965)

Oil on canvas

H 62 x W 84 cm

Oxford Brookes University Special Collections and Archives

View of the High Street, Oxford
Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

View of the High Street, Oxford 1809–1810

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

Oil on canvas

H 68.6 x W 99.7 cm

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

View of Oxford with Magdalen College Tower

John Baptist Malchair (1731–1812)

Graphite on paper

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

View of Castle Hill, Oxford
Image credit: Oxfordshire County Museums Service

View of Castle Hill, Oxford 1779

Michael Angelo Rooker (1746–1801)

Oil on canvas

H 42 x W 59.5 cm

Oxfordshire County Museums Service

Abingdon
Image credit: Tate

Abingdon exhibited 1806?

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)

Oil on canvas

H 101.6 x W 130.2 cm

Tate

Abingdon Market Cross, Oxfordshire
Image credit: Christ's Hospital of Abingdon

Abingdon Market Cross, Oxfordshire c.1605

Sampson Strong (c.1550–1611) (attributed to)

Oil on panel

H 80 x W 120 cm

Christ's Hospital of Abingdon

Part of the Old Tithe Barn, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Image credit: Oxfordshire County Museums Service

Part of the Old Tithe Barn, Abingdon, Oxfordshire 1919–1926

William Teulon Blandford Fletcher (1858–1936)

Oil on board

H 22.2 x W 29.8 cm

Oxfordshire County Museums Service

New St Mary's Church, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Image credit: Oxfordshire County Museums Service

New St Mary's Church, Banbury, Oxfordshire c.1880

William Matthison (1853–1926)

Oil on canvas

H 60.8 x W 91.5 cm

Oxfordshire County Museums Service

The Canal, Banbury, Oxfordshire
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Oxfordshire County Museums Service

The Canal, Banbury, Oxfordshire c.1956

Sheela Drew

Oil on canvas

H 40 x W 49.5 cm

Oxfordshire County Museums Service

To Major N. C. Kerr Commandant, Old Windmills Camp, Bicester, to His Retirement, July '46
© the copyright holder. Image credit: National Army Museum

To Major N. C. Kerr Commandant, Old Windmills Camp, Bicester, to His Retirement, July '46 1946

H. Rusiring (attributed to)

Oil on panel

H 61 x W 91.5 cm

National Army Museum

Burford, Oxfordshire
Image credit: Norfolk Museums Service

Burford, Oxfordshire

Norman Garstin (1847–1926)

Oil on canvas

H 50.1 x W 60.2 cm

Norfolk Museums Service

Spring Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Oxfordshire County Museums Service

Spring Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 1968–1969

Margaret Bellwood (1912–1997)

Oil on board

H 29.2 x W 35.3 cm

Oxfordshire County Museums Service

Minster Lovell Turn, Oxfordshire
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Oxfordshire County Museums Service

Minster Lovell Turn, Oxfordshire

Basil Arthur Field (1904–1978)

Oil on board

H 34.4 x W 44.3 cm

Oxfordshire County Museums Service

Gravel Pit on Shotover Hill, near Oxford
Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Gravel Pit on Shotover Hill, near Oxford c. 1818

William Turner (1789–1862)

Oil on millboard

H 27 x W 40 cm

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

English Rider
© the artist. Image credit: The Priseman Seabrook Collections

English Rider 2018–2019

anonymous artist (active since 2018)

Oil on panel

H 30.5 x W 40.5 cm

The Priseman Seabrook Collections

Wantage Market Place
Image credit: Oxfordshire County Museums Service

Wantage Market Place early 19th C

unknown artist

Oil on wood

H 48.5 x W 79.4 cm

Oxfordshire County Museums Service

King Alfred (849 AD–899 AD)
Image credit: Jane Roblin / Art UK

King Alfred (849 AD–899 AD) 1877

Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg ('Count Gleichen') (1833–1891)

Sicilian marble

St Mary's Church, Witney, with the Green in the Foreground
Image credit: Oxfordshire County Museums Service

St Mary's Church, Witney, with the Green in the Foreground 1795–1805

unknown artist

Oil on canvas

H 47.5 x W 62.8 cm

Oxfordshire County Museums Service

James Vanner Early
Image credit: The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

James Vanner Early c.1900

Walter Scott (1851–1925)

Photograph

H 63.8 x W 50.3 cm

The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History

New Mill, Witney, Oxfordshire
Image credit: Oxfordshire County Museums Service

New Mill, Witney, Oxfordshire 1830

T. Langford

Oil on canvas

H 62 x W 75 cm

Oxfordshire County Museums Service

Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Image credit: National Trust Images

Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire late 18th C

British (English) School

Oil on canvas

H 145 x W 236 cm

National Trust, Chartwell