University Galleries, Oxford, 1895

Loan Exhibition

of the Work of

William Turner

Of Oxford
(1789-1862)

,r UNDER REVISION
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On sale at the Galleries, price threepence

fi.lforJ. University, Qalleries, Oxford, 1895

Loan Exhibition

ot the Work of

William Turner

Of Oxford
(1/89-1862) /"^^.Q

UNDER REVISION

On sale at the Galleries, price threepence

C>jcfovb
HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

\ 1 rlLLIAM TURNER— generally called Turner of Oxford
to distinguish him from his more famous contemporary
J. M. W. Turner— was born on November 12, 1789, at Black-
bourton (near Bampton) in Oxfordshire, and on the death of
his parents was brought up by an uncle who then lived at
Burford, and who, in 1804, purchased the estate and manor-
house of Shipton-on-Cherwell (about six miles to the north of
Oxford). He became a pupil of John Varley (177871842) in
London, and in 1809 was elected a mernber of the Old Water
Colour Society, to the annual exhibitions of which he contributed
works for upwards of fifty years (1808-1862), occasionally also
exhibiting at the Royal Academy and the British Institution.
He settled in Oxford, where he gave lessons in drawing. At
the time of his marriage (with Elizabeth Ilott at Shipton in
1824) he is described as of St. Clement's parish, but he after
wards occupied for many years a house in St. John's Street.
His summer sketching tours can to some extent be traced by
his sketches, though, as these are seldom dated, it is difficult to
place them in chronological order. He seems to have gone
to Cornwall in 1836, to North Wales in 1840, to the Western
Highlands in 1844 or 1845, and to West Sussex in 1846. His
Jove of the New Forest scenery probably dated from his early
years, when he lived for some time with a cousin at Burley
Lodge. Other places visited by him were Derbyshire (early
in Hfe), the Medway district (1835), the English Lakes, North
umberland, and Devonshire. But Oxford and its immediate
neighbourhood supplied, as was natural, a large proportion —
in the present Exhibition nearly one quarter— of his subjects.
Next to Oxford itself his most familiar sketching-ground was

WILLIAM TURNER.

perhaps Shipton-on-Cherwell, the scenery of which was asso
ciated with the most impressionable years of his life. A some
what bald architectural sketch of the church there, as rebuilt in
1832, confirms the tradition that he supplied the design for its
restoration. He died on August 7, 1862, and his grave lies
just to the right of the portion of Shipton churchyard which
is shown in Dr. Yule's drawing (No. 125),
William Turner lived an uneventful life, and passed away
almost unnoticed. His work during his lifetime was not widely
known, and some of his letters show that he felt this neglect
and was conscious of a sense of failure. But he had a few
warmly attached friends and admirers, who believed firmly that
his reputation would grow. Ruskin, writing in 1843, mentions
the quiet and simple earnestness and tender feeUng of his
mountain drawing, and indignantly protests against the way in
which 'this patient and unassuming master' was treated by the
¦ hanging Committee of the Old Water Colour Society. ' Except
the works of Hunt, Prout, Cox, Fielding and Finch, there are
generally none in the room which deserve so honourable a place
as those of William Turner' {Modem Painters, i. 303). His oil-
paintings are not numerous, and with one or two striking excep
tions are unimportant. The present is the first attempt which
has been made to bring together any considerable collection of
his drawings, and the Curators of the University Galleries desire
to express their gratitude for the readiness writh which owners
have been willing to despoil their walls in order to do honour
to William Turner's memory. It is hoped that the Exhibi
tion will remain open till June 29.

Note.— lhe measurements are given in inches ; height first,
and then width.

CATALOGUE.

Oie (painfin00.

1. Ifaey Mill (loixisj).
Miss Faulkner.
2. View of Oxford (iiixi7j).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
3. The WyndcliflFe, Chepstow (38 x 60).
Mr. R. W. Ramr.
Sa. Shotover Gravel-pits (10x15!).
Rev. the Hon. A. F. Northcote.
4. Berkeley Castle (4^x6).
Mr. M. E. Sadler. ,
5. Cattle (5x7).
Mr. Robert Bockell.
6. Landscape (SJxii!).
Mr. H. G. W. Drinkwater.
7. View on the Severn (27 x 22).
Mr. j. Wicks.
8. The Woodcutters '(27x39).
Miss Faulkner.

^ftefc^ee, ^trxbkB, Sic.

^. Three Tree Studies.
The Lord Bishop of Salisbury.
10. Studies of Trees.
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
11, Aldworth Church, Berks.
Mr. I. Thomson.

Turner Exhibition.

12. Cottages. Mr. E. a. Ryman-Hall.
13. Three Sketches (reed-pen, pencil, and brush).
Mr. T. W. Taphouse.
14. Figure Studies.
Mrs. Coxe.
1-5. Vale of Gloucester (two pencil drawings in one frame).
Rev. H. W. Yule, D.C.L.
16. Two Pencil Studies.
Mr. a. Macdonald.
17. Oxford, from BuUingdon.
Rev. C. H. Daniel.
18. Oxford, from Port Meadow.
Rev. C. H. Daniel.
19. After Sunset.
The President of Trinity College.
20. Southampton Water.
Mr. a. Murray Smith.
21. Study of Clouds. 1857
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
22. Stonehenge. Rev. the Hon. A. F. Northcote.

(^aferijcofottire.

23. View of St. Giles', Oxford, looking South (i4!x2i|).
Rev. H. a. Harvey.
24. Oxford, from above Hinksey (22^x32!). i8io
Miss Davis.
25. Windsor Castle (21^x29!).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.

Water-colours.

26. Woodland Scene, Clifton Downs (14J x 20!).
Mr. T. W. Taphouse.
27. The Herdsman (19x28).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
28., Rollright Stones, Chipping-Norton (i4|x2oi).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
29. Stokenchurch Hill (15x21). 1832
Miss Faulkner.
30. Conway Castle, North Wales (9! x 14^).
Mr. E. a. Ryman-Hall.
31. Birdlip Hill, Gloucestershire : Malvern Hills in the dis
tance (9!xi4|).
Mr. E. a. Ryman-Hall.
32. Stanton Harcourt (20x29 J).
Miss Faulkner.
33. Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberris, North Wales (18JX30J).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
.34. Sketch for No. 33 (6Jxi3|).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
35. The Floods— View of Oxford from Botiey (17JX26J).
Mrs. Frederick Symonds.
36. The Waters are out — View of Oxford from Botiey
(23i X 394)- 1824
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
37. Yew-trees, near Seathwaite in Borrowdale, Cumber
land (21JX27J).
Mr. F. Ryman-Hall.
38. ScUly Islands, N. (io!x29i). 1836
Mr. E. a. Ryman-Hall.
39. Pordenack Castle, Land's End (io|x29!). 1836
Mr. E. a. Ryman-Hall.
40. View from Edge Hill, Warwickshire (2o!x39).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.

Turner Exhibition.

41. Bamborough Castle (lox 14J).
Mr. E. a. Ryman-Hall.
42. The New Forest (i6x28J).
Miss Faulkner.
43. Borrowdale and Castle Crag (25^x32).
Mrs. Frederick Symonds.
44. View from Scaw Fell (i7ix34j).
Mr. R. W. Raper.
45. King Arthur's Castle, Tintagel, Cornwall (17^x264).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
46. Sketch for No. 45 (11 x 15).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
47. The Ferry to Skye (17^x341).
Mr. T. G. Jackson, A.RA.
48. Dunstanborough (171x39!).
Mr. C. T. Arnold.
49. View in the New Forest (22^x27!).
Mrs. Frederick Symonds.
50. Above Lodore, Cumberland: Skiddaw in the distance
(24^x29!). Mr. j. Parsons.
51. Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe (6! x loj).
Mr. E. a. Ryman-Hall.
52. Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe (9!xis). 1857
Mr. j. Andrews.
53. Harlech Castle (iixiSf).
The President of Trinity College.
54. Landscape (10x14^).
Mr. George Taunton.
55. Near Port Madoc, North Wales (6f x 10).
Mr. E. a. Ryman-Hall.
56. Moel Siabod, North Wales (10JX14J).
Mr. E. a. Hanley.

Water-colours.

57. Pass of Glencoe (i61 x 25I).
Mr. j. Thomson.
58. Heather and Rock (11 x 17I). 1840
The President of Trinity College.
59. Mill, near Oxford (10x18).
Mr. C. T. Arnold.
60. Mill, near BriU, Bucks (iolxi4|).
Mr. T. W. Taphouse.
61. A Storm on Otmoor (lojx 15!).
Mr. E. K. Burstal.
62. Sketch of Mill and Man on Horseback (lojx 17).
The President of Trinity College.
63. Isle of Skye (24IX30J).
The Master of University College.
64. , Wiltshire, Storm Clouds (30 x 25).
The Master of University College.
65. Bagley Wood (2i!x28).
Mr. Robert Buckell.
66. Lake and Mountain (io|xi4l).
Mr. j. Parsons.
67. Scotch Lake (81 x 13I).
Mr. J. Wicks.
68. The 12th of August, Ross-shire (61 x 36J).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
69. Eilean Donan Castle, Ross (6| x 9!).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
70. Dirie More, Sutherlandshire (12^x22).
The Senior Common Room, University College.
71. The Cheviot Hills, from Alnwick (17IX35).
The Senior Common Room, University College.
72. Loch Lomond (i2!x22).
Mrs. Gifford.

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73. A Lingerer: View in Ross-shire (i2|x22).
Mr. Vernon Lushington.
74. Glencoe (ii x 17).
The President of Trinity College.
7.5. Welsh Mountains (8x17^).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
76. Scotch Lake (8|xi7i). 1838
Mr. N. G. Emberlin.
77. Mountain Stream, Wales (lol x 14I). 1840
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
78. Iffley Mill, Oxford (9IX13).
Mr. E. a. Ryman-Hall.
79. Iffley Mill, Oxford (ioixi4j).
Mr. T. W. Taphouse.
AO. Oxford, from the Upper River (10x15). 1843
Rev. a. G. Butler.
81. Sunset over Flood (8IX14J).
Mr. Horatio Symonds.
S2. View on the Cherwell, near Shipton (22J x 27^).
Mr. j. Parsons.
¦^3. Cherwell Water-lilies (10XI4I).
Mr. j. Wicks.
84. Cherwell Water-lUies (13^x23).
Mrs. Frederick Symonds.
A^. Moonlight Scene near Oxford (9jxi3f).
Mr. Horatio Symonds.
t^P>. The Thames, near Oxford (i2!x2il).
The Misses Thomson.
87. Sandford (Six 11).
Miss Faulkner.
SB. Ferry Hinksey (iolxi4f).
Mr. T. W. Taphouse.

Water-colours. 1 1

89. Glen Sligachan, Isle of Skye (17! x 35I). 1859
Rev. T. j. Prout.
90. Sketch for No. 89 (8x18).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
91. EUean Donan Castle, Loch Alsh (22x271). 1845
Rev. T. j. Prout.
92. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye (21 x 25I).
Rev. R. St. J. Tyrwhitt.
93. Loch Alsh, looking up Loch Duich (17^x35). 1858
Rev. T. j. Prout.
94. The Conway River, North Wales (121x22).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
95. The River, Oxford (9}xi7).
Miss Faulkner.
96. Oxford, from the Long Bridges (7 x 10^).
Miss Phelps.
97. Rocks on the Cornish Coast (10X15I).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
98. Arundel Castle (10XI4I).
Miss Faulkner.
99. Coast Scene, North Devon (15^x27!).
Mr. Horatio Symonds.
100. Scene in the Highlands (16 x 28).
Mr. F. Ryman-Hall.
101. Dartmouth Harbour (7jxi5!).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
102. Plymouth Sound (lojx 15).
Miss Faulkner.
103. On the Medway (io| x i8|).
Mr. j. Andrews.
104. Rochester (81 X 14I). 1835
Rev. L. R. Phelps.

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105. Alderley Edge, Cheshire (10x14).
Mr. j. Parsons.
106. A Windy Day, Elm-trees (12X9J).
Mr. E. K. Burstal.
107. Merton Meadows (10XI4J).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
108. The Magdalen Water-walk (10 x 14J).
The President of Magdalen College.
109. Landscape (lol x 17J).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
110. Rustic Bridge, with Boy and Cows: Chinnor Church in
distance (8J x 12^).
Mr. T. G. Jackson, A. R.A.
111. Oxford, from Bagley Wood (14IX20I).
Miss Faulkner.
112. StockgiU Force (8JX14I).
Mr. E. K. Burstal.
113. Buckland Park (9!x 14).
Rev. H. W. Yule, D.C.L.
114. Cumnor Hurst (iilxi6^).
Mr. N. G. Emberlin.
115. Binsey Lane, Oxford (10JX14!).
Mr. H. G. W. Drinkwater.
116. Stonehenge at Sunset (lofxisl). Before 1845
Mr. G. E. Ward.
117. Gipsy Camp (21 x 27J).
Mr. E. K. Burstal.
118. Oxford, from above Iffley Lock (26x46).
Mr. F. p. Morrell.
119. In the Days of King Stephen (40X29J). 1830
Mr. C. W. C. Oman.
120. View in Dovedale, Derbyshire (10x14^).
Mr. j. Parsons.

Water-colours. 13

121. Matlock High Tor, Derbyshire (9^xi2|).
Rev. H. W. Yule, D.C.L.
122. Matlock High Tor, Derbyshire. Pencil Sketch (lof x 17I).
Rev. H. W.' Yule, D.C.L.
123. Hinksey Pool (9 x 14I).
Rev. H. W. Yule, D.C.L.
124. Trees, Bturley Lodge, New Forest (lojx 15).
Rev. H. W. Yule, D.C.L.
125. Shipton-on-CherweU Church (9JX13I). 1832
Rev. H. W. Yule, D.C.L.
126. Cumnor Hurst (5x11).
Rev. H. W. Yule, D.C.L.
127. From the Botanic Garden (21 x 15).
Mr. F. p. Morrell.
128. Iffley Church (13JX10I).
Miss Faulkner.
129. Study of a Fisherman's Hut, near Netley Abbey
(10IX17I). Mr. Walter Harris.
130. Oxford, from BuUingdon (13x18).
Mr. H. Parsons.
131. Pembroke Castle (10x18).
Mr. H. G. W. Drinkwater.
132. Wolvercote (9!xi4l).
Dr. C. H. Lloyd.
133. Clovelly, North Devon (5I x 9).
Mr. H. W. Narroway.
134. Lostwithiel (7 x 16).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
185. Compton Low Down, Berks (9f x 14^). 1858 or 1859
Mr. G. N. Richardson.

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136. Landscape (9 x 14I).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
137. View near Enslow Bridge, Shipton-on-CherweU (9 x 12J).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
138. View from Unwell Woods, near Moulsford (loj x 28^).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
139. The Mouth of the Medway (10x29!).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
140. The University Parks (8JX15I).
Mr. H. Parsons.
141. Oxford, from Hinksey (io|xi8J).
Mr. H. Hewlett.
142. Sketch for Kingley Bottom, Sussex (iofxi7).
Rev. C. H. Daniel.
143. Kingley Bottom, Sussex (15x21 J). 1846
The President of Trinity College.
144. The Old Gloucester Road (i6|x25|).
The Misses Thomson.
145. From the Side of Bow HiU, Sussex (17^x35). 1853
The Senior Common Room, University College.
146. Kingley Bottom, Sussex, from above (14^x21). 1846
The President of Trinity College.
147. View from the South Downs (9X 171).
The Principal of St. Mary Hall.
148. Harvest Scenes (two in one frame, each 6 x 8J).
Rev. L. R. Phelps.
149. Windsor Castle, from Eton Playing-fields (8 x 13J).
Rev. the Hon. A. F. Northcote.
150. Oxford, from Hinksey (iolxi7f). 1855
Miss Faulkner.
151. Christ Church, from Merton Meadow (io!xi4j).
Rev. the Hon. A. F. Northcote.

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152. View from Woodperry towards Brill (9! x 14I).
Mr. j. Thomson.
153. Scaur na gUlean (HiU of the Boys), Skye (lojx 14^).
Rev. the Hon. A. F. Northcote.
154. South Downs, near Arundel Park, Sussex (12^x22).
The Senior Common Room, University College.
155. Loch Garry, Inverness-shire (10IX14J).
Rev. the Hon. A. F. Northcote.
156. View over Woods to Medlow Bridge (iilxiSl).
Mr. j. Thomson.
1^7. Keswick Lake by Moonlight (io!xi5|).
Rev. the Hon. A. F. Northcote.
158. View from Crowell Hill, the ChUterns (9J x 14)!
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
159. Dorchester (Oxfordshire), from near Nuneham (lol x 17I).
Mr. M. E. Sadler.
160. Little Buckland, near Broadway, Worcestershire
(4ix61). Mr. T. W. Taphouse.

Cott^n6u^ot0 of ^aintin^s anb ©rawtn^e.

Andrews, J., 52, 103.
Arnold, C. T., 48, 59.
I
Buckell, R., 5, 65.
Burstal, E. K., 61, 106, ita, 117.
Butler, Rev. A. G., 80, ,
Coxe, Mrs., 14.
Daniel, Rev. C. H., 17, 18, 143.
Davis, Miss, 24.
Drinkwater, H. G. W., 6, 115, 131.
Emberlin, N. G., 76, 114.
Faulkner, Miss, i, 8, 29, 32, 42, 87,
95, 98, 102, III, 128, 149.
Gifford, Mrs., 72.
Hanley, E. A., 56.
Harris, W., 129.
Harvey, Rev. H. A., 23.
Hewlett, H., 141.
Jackson, T. G., A.R. A.. 47, no.
Lloyd, C. H., Mus.D., 132.
Lushington, V., 73.
Macdonald, A., 16.
Magdalen College, The President
of, 108.
Morrell, F. P., 118, 127.
Narroway, H. W., 133.
Northcote, Rev. the Hon. A. F.,
3a, 22, 149, 151, 153, 155, IS7-
Oman, C. W. C, 119.

Parsons, H., 130, 140.
Parsons, J., 50, 66, 82, 105, 120.
Phelps, Miss, 96.
Phelps, Rev. L. R., 2, 10, 2i,' 28,
33. 34. 36, 40, 68, 69, 77, 94, 97,
IOI, 104, 107, 109, 136, 148.
Prout, Rev. T. J., 89, gi, 93.
Raper, R. W., 3, 44.
Richardson, G. N., 135.
Ryman-Hall, E. A., 12, 30, 31, 38,
39. 41, 51, 55. 78-
Ryman-Hall, F., 37, 100.
Sadler, M. E., 4, 25, 27, 45, 46, 75,
90. 134. 137. 138, 139. 153. 154-
St. Mary Hall, The Principal of,
147.
Salisbury, The Lord Bishop of, 9.
Smith, A. Murray, 20.
Symonds, H., 81, 85, 99.
Symonds, Mrs. F., 35, 43, 49, 84.
Taphouse, T. W., 13, 26, 6q, 79,
88, 155-
Taunton, G., 54.
Thomson, J., 11, 57, 150, 152.
Thomson, The Misses, 86, 144.
Trinity College, The President of,
19. S3, 58, 62, 74, 143, 146.
Tyrwhitt, Rev. R. St. J., 92.
University College, The Master of,
63, 64.
University College, Senior Com
mon Room of, 70, 71, 145, 151.
Ward, G. E., 116.
Wicks, J., 7, 67, 83.
Yule, Rev. H. W., D.C.L, 15, 113,
121, 122, 123, 1:^4, 125, 126.

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