William Turner

British · 1789–1862 · Painter, Draughtsman

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English painter (1789-1862)

Born 1789, Black BourtonDied 1862, St John StreetOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q8019587 ↗ULAN 500003526 ↗Museum works 16

Also known as Turner of Oxford, Turner, William, of Oxford, William Turner (1789-1862), William Turner of Oxford, William Turner, (Turner of Oxford)

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

William Turner, Extensive Landscape with a Pond — **Extensive Landscape with a Pond**charcoal with touches of white heightening on two joined sheets of blue wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

William Turner, Dawn in the Valley — **Dawn in the Valley**1832 · watercolor with scratching out and gum arabic on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Florian Carr Fund — Open Access (CC0)

William Turner, View of Oxford from Headington Hill — **View of Oxford from Headington Hill**1830 · watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as the Gift of the Krugman Fam…

William Turner, Landschap te Matlock in Derbyshire — **Landschap te Matlock in Derbyshire**1818
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

William Turner, Heuvellandschap in Northumberland — **Heuvellandschap in Northumberland**1847-08
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

William Turner, Shepherd Boy on a Hillside — **Shepherd Boy on a Hillside**1840
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

William Turner, Oxford from the River with Christ Church in the Foreground — **Oxford from the River with Christ Church in the Foreground**1820
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

William Turner, A View of Oxford — **A View of Oxford**1850
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

William Turner, Skating — **Skating**
National Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery

William Turner, A Water Mill — **A Water Mill**
National Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery

William Turner, Peasants outside an Inn — **Peasants outside an Inn**
National Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery

William Turner, Dawn in the Valleys of Devon — **Dawn in the Valleys of Devon**
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · William Turner of Oxford, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

William Turner, An April Shower: A View from Binsey Ferry Near Oxford, Looking Towards Port Meadow and Godstow — **An April Shower: A View from Binsey Ferry Near Oxford, Looking Towards Port Meadow and Godstow**1842 · Watercolor over graphite, with scraping, on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Helen A. Regenstein Endowment — public domain (CC0)

William Turner, Study of a Tree in Bloom — **Study of a Tree in Bloom**c. 1835 · Watercolor and gouache on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Sara R. Shorey Endowment — public domain (CC0)

William Turner, A View from Moel Cynwich: Looking Over the Vale of Afon Mawddach and Toward Cader Idris — **A View from Moel Cynwich: Looking Over the Vale of Afon Mawddach and Toward Cader Idris**c. 1850 · watercolor with scratch-away, heightened with white
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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Works in museum collections

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