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Pope's Villa at Twickenham
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1808
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions92 cm × 122.5 cm (36 in × 48.2 in)
LocationPrivate collection

Pope's Villa at Twickenham is an 1808 landscape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner. It depicts a view along the River Thames at Twickenham towards Pope's villa, the riverfront former home of the poet Alexander Pope.[1] The property had survived for more than sixty years after Pope's death but was pulled down the previous year by Lady Howe[2]

It was displayed at Turner's own studio gallery in Queen Anne Street rather than at the Royal Academy. The work was purchased by the art collector Sir John Leicester for two hundred guineas. For many years the painting was in the collection of the Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire but was sold in 2008 for £4.5 million.[3] It was sold again at Christie's in 2023.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Smiles p.19
  2. ^ Hunt p.225
  3. ^ "£5.4million Turner masterpiece lost to the British nation". The Telegraph. February 10, 2009.
  4. ^ https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6410963

Bibliography

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  • Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
  • Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
  • Hunt, John Dixon. Gardens and the Picturesque: Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture. MIT Press, 1992.
  • Shanes, Eric. The Life and Masterworks of J.M.W. Turner. Parkstone International, 2012.
  • Smiles, Sam. J. M. W. Turner: The Making of a Modern Artist. Manchester University Press, 2017.
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