The first painting by J. M. W. Turner shows the High (High Street, Oxford) in 1809–10, with University College on the left, the Warden’s house of All Souls College on the right, and Carfax in the distance.
On the left (beyond the boys picking up spilt oranges) are workmen pulling down Deep Hall, where the scientist Robert Boyle lived between 1655 and 1668: a plaque on the western side of University College marks the site. The original painting was commissioned by James Wyatt, with a view to having it engraved so that he could sell it as a print at his shop at 115 High Street. The original painting is now part of the Loyd Collection and is on long-term loan to the Ashmolean Museum.
On the left (beyond the boys picking up spilt oranges) are workmen pulling down Deep Hall, where the scientist Robert Boyle lived between 1655 and 1668: a plaque on the western side of University College marks the site. The original painting was commissioned by James Wyatt, with a view to having it engraved so that he could sell it as a print at his shop at 115 High Street. The original painting is now part of the Loyd Collection and is on long-term loan to the Ashmolean Museum.
The second painting is same spot where Turner made his painting, 200 years later. If you look at the right side of the painting you can see that Turner straightened and widened the High Street to allow for a longer view. The tree on the right side of the scene is smaller but is pushed on the right side in Turner's painting due to straightening of the curve. The curve outside the All Souls College is actually sharper as accurately shown in my painting.
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