William Turner of Oxford
Woodman’s Cottage, Bagley Wood [recto]; Study of Young Oak Trees (Bagley Wood) [verso]

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Artist William Turner of Oxford (British, 1789–1862)British, 1789–1862

CultureBritish

Titles

Woodman’s Cottage, Bagley Wood [recto]; Study of Young Oak Trees (Bagley Wood) [verso]

Datec. 1830

MediumWatercolor, gouache, and graphite on blue wove paper (recto); graphite with white gouache on blue wove paper (verso) in a washline mount

DimensionsSheet: 11 × 18 9/16 in. (27.9 × 47.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of Rose Anne Scott

Object number2024.16.A,.B

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Department

Prints and Drawings

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The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, c. 1830; Sir Henry Studdy Theobald (1847–1934) (Lugt 1375); Guy D. Harvey-Samuel, Esq.; [The Fine Art Society Ltd., London, May 18, 1960]; purchased by Walter Augustus Brandt (1902–1978); by descent, 1978–2022; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd., London, 2022–2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryFortieth Exhibition of Early English Water-colours and Drawings, The Fine Art Society, London, May-June 1960, cat. 46. (exh. cat.).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed and signed in pen and brown ink, lower right edge: Woodman's Cottage Bagley Wood // W Turner
Verso: Inscribed partially in graphite [cursive]: Young Oaks, Bagl

Recto: Signed in brown ink, right bottom edge: W Turner [cursive]

Watermark: None

Catalogue raisonnénone published

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