An April Shower: A View from Binsey Ferry Near Oxford, Looking Towards Port Meadow and Godstow
1842
Medium
Watercolor over graphite, with scraping, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
45.5 × 68.5 cm (17 15/16 × 27 in.)
Classification
paper
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
183043
Art Historical Context
Step into the misty charm of an English spring with *An April Shower: A View Binsey Ferry Near Oxford Looking Towards Port Meadow andstow* (1842), a luminous watercolor by the legendary British artist J.M.W. Turner. Capturing a panoramic vista from the banks of the Thames near Oxford, the scene unfolds across lush meadows and historic landmarks like the ruins of Godstow Abbey bathed in the fleeting drama of a passing rain shower. Turner, a Romantic master of light and atmosphere, sketched this during his later travels through Britain, evoking the sublime beauty of everyday landscapes transform...