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Description: | Watercolour on paper. Rudolph Ackermann published the topographical book 'A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings' in 1813-14, for which Frederick Nash was one of several artists who produced illustrations. The aquatint illustration of the Founder’s Tower, titled in the book 'Old Gate of Magdalen College', was in fact made after a drawing by A. W. N. Pugin. However, this watercolour may have been produced as part of the project, but not used.
A similar view of the tower was painted in watercolour by J. M. W. Turner in c.1794 (now in the collection of the British Museum). | Subjects: | university lawn grass college door battlement/crenellation gate tower topography student window path academic gown townscape/cityscape | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Frederick Nash | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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