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Sunshine on the Tamar Turner
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner) (1775 - 1851)
- Object type
- drawing
- Material and technique
- watercolour over graphite, with some scratching out and use of the brush handle, on wove paper
- Associated place
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- Europe › United Kingdom › England › Devon › River Tamar › River Tamar (subject)
- Europe › United Kingdom › England › Devon › River Tavy › River Tavy (subject)
- Provenance
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Recorded in the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford) in 1871
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- WA.RS.REF.168
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Wilton, Andrew, The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner (London: Academy Editions, 1979), no. 444
Ruskin, John, Catalogue of the Educational Series (London: Smith, Elder, 1871), cat. Educational no. 140
Herrmann, Luke, Ruskin and Turner: A Study of Ruskin as a Collector of Turner, Based on His Gifts to the University of Oxford: Incorporating a Catalogue Raisonné of the Turner Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum (London: Faber & Faber, 1968), no. 76
Herrmann, Luke, and Colin Harrison, J. M. W. Turner, Ashmolean Museum Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2000), no. 18
Ruskin, John, ‘The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogues, Notes and Instructions’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), 21, cat. Reference no. 168
Warrell, Ian, Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude (National Gallery Company London, 2012)
Tate St Ives, Light into Colour: Turner in the South West (Tate St Ives, 2000)
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Educational series, 1st ed. (1871)
140 Pigs in Sunshine. Scene on the Tavey, Devonshire . (Turner).
