after Joseph Mallord William Turner, engraver James Baylis Allen

Stoneyhurst, Lancashire

1830

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Artists: After Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
James Baylis Allen 1803–1876
Part of: Picturesque Views in England and Wales
Medium: Line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 167 × 237 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 1988
Reference: T05085

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In 1829, fearful of armed conflict in Ireland, George IV and his ministers allowed the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act. This allowed Catholics to hold public office for the first time in 150 years. Stonyhurst is home to a Roman Catholic school. Reading this composition allegorically, the mounted figure’s pose represents the government’s U-turn, the crowd on the left the Protestants who opposed emancipation, and on the right the Catholics and their supporters welcoming the legislation. Storm clouds are moving away, leaving the college bathed in light and crowned with a rainbow’s symbol of hope.

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Catalogue entry

[from] Picturesque Views in England and Wales pub.1827–38 [T04503-T04612; T05081-T05104; T05873; complete]

Twenty-four line-engravings, by various engravers and in various states, comprising twenty-four subjects out of a total of ninety-six (see also T04503-T04612 above); various papers and sizes; some annotated in pencil with initials of unidentified collector ‘FHB’
Purchased (Grant-in-Aid) 1988
Prov: ...; N.W. Lott and H.J. Gerrish Ltd, from whom bt by Tate Gallery (earlier provenance given in individual entries where known)
Lit: As for T04503-T04612

For the publishing history of this series, see under T04503-T04612.

T05085 Stoneyhurst, Lancashire engr. J.B. Allen, pub.1830

Line-engraving 166 × 237 (6 9/16 × 9 5/16) on India paper laid on wove paper 430 × 608 (16 11/16 × 23 15/16); plate-mark 256 × 315 (10 1/16 × 12 3/8)
Engraved inscriptions: ‘Drawn by J M W Turner’ below image b.l., ‘Engraved by James B. Allen’ below image b.r.; Turner studio blind stamp
Prov: As for T05083
Lit: Rawlinson I 1908, no.244, first published state

For publication details and original watercolour see T04560 above.

Published in:
Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1986-88, London 1996