Westminster from Green Park

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

William Turner’s father died when he was an infant and in 1803 he went to live with a wealthy uncle at Shipton-on-Cherwell, Woodstock. He studied drawing under William Delamotte, before becoming a pupil of John Varley in London. Aged 18, he was elected the youngest ever member of the Royal Watercolour Society. In 1812, he returned to Oxford and began teaching. He travelled extensively to the Lake District, Wales, the Peak District, Clifton Gorge and the Wye, later exploring the New Forest and the South Downs. In 1838, he made his longest sketching tour through Scotland. His reputation was as a provincial painter. However, he was praised by Ruskin for his ‘quiet, simple earnestness, and tender feeling’. He died in Oxford at the age of 72.

Places

England, London, Church of St. John's, Smith Square, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Green Park, Westminster

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, tree, hill, man, woman, fence, path, park, abbey, church, spire

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

William, (of Oxford) Turner (1789 - 1862)

Title

Westminster from Green Park

Date

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 30.50 cm, width: 52.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, September 1972

Inscription

none

GAC number

9681