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Birch - Magdalen College
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1789-1862
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Width: 27.9 cm
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William Turner was praised by his critics for his success at capturing the sky in different kinds of weather. The brilliant blue of the paper here throws the tree into high relief and evokes the brightness of a cloudless summer day.
This sheet was coloured by the addition of synthetic Prussian blue dye into the vat during the papermaking process, ensuring an even tone throughout the paper and achieving a greater vibrancy than blue rags could have produced.
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Drawings Gallery Display - Regarding Trees, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2016-25/09/2016
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
Literature
p. 53
Exhibition of the works of some neglected English masters, c.1750-c.1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1932
cat. no. 140
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Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, dated by the artist: “Magdalen College Octr 19 1855”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite, abraded: “LD [?]”; lower centre, graphite, Witt number: “812”; lower left corner, graphite, hidden under handling edge: “W. Turner of Oxford”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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