| Method | Copper engraving with hand colouring |
| Artist | George Hollis after William Turner |
| Published | For Walks in Oxford, Published by R. Pearson, High Street 1817 |
| Dimensions | Image 90 x 167 mm, Sheet 113 x 200 mm |
| Notes |
A view of Oxford from Iffley published for the Walks in Oxford. George Hollis (1792-1842) was a well-known artist and engraver who worked in Oxford in the first half of the nineteenth century. Many of his engravings were published by James Ryman, a printseller on the High Street, Oxford, active between 1836 and 1865. Hollis's views were published separately from 1819 before being bound as a volume with descriptive text in 1839. Illustrations of Oxford is a comparatively rare work with some uncommon views of the colleges to which celebrated artists like T. S. Boys, Frederick Nash and J. S. Prout made relevant contributions. William Turner (1789-1862), commonly called William Turner of Oxford to differentiate him from his more famous contemporary Joseph Mallord William Turner, was an Oxfordshire painter and artist, best known for his watercolours of Oxford and the surrounding countryside. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1807, and was a prominent member of the watercolour society. He studied drawing under the artist and printmaker William Delamotte, and was also a pupil of John Varley. Colouring may differ slightly from image. |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £75.00 |
| Stock ID | 50782 |