THE DEVELOPMENT
OF BRITISH LAND-
SCAPE PAINTING
IN WATER-COLOURS

EDITED BY CHARLES
HOLME. TEXT BY
A L E X A N D E R J.
F I N B E R G & E. A.
TAYLOR

MCMXVIII “THE STUDIO” LTD.
LONDON PARIS NEW YORK

CONTENTS

ARTICLES
PAGE
[The Development of British Landscape Painting in Water-Colours. By Alexander J. Finberg][1]
[(1) Introductory Remarks on the Idea of Development as Applied to Art][1]
[(2) The Bearing of these Remarks on the History of British Water-Colour Painting][3]
[(3) The Development of Subject-Matter and Technique][4]
[(4) Some Famous Water-Colour Painters of the Past][8]
[Paul Sandby][9]
[Alexander Cozens][10]
[John Robert Cozens][11]
[Thomas Girtin][13]
[Joseph Mallord William Turner][15]
[John Sell Cotman][17]
[David Cox][19]
[Samuel Prout][20]
[Peter de Wint][21]
[Richard Parkes Bonington][21]
[Myles Birket Foster][22]
[Alfred William Hunt][23]
[James Abbott McNeill Whistler][24]
[(5) The Work of To-day][26]
[The Development of British Landscape Painting in Water-Colours: Scottish Painters. By E. A. Taylor][29]
ILLUSTRATIONS
AFTER ENGLISH PAINTERS
PLATE
[Birch, S. J. Lamorna, R.W.S. “Environs of Camborne”][V]
[Cozens, J. R. “Lake Albano and Castel Gandolfo”][I]
[Fisher, Mark, A.R.A. “Landscape”][VI]
[Gere, Charles M. “The Round House”][VII]
[Goodwin, Albert, R.W.S. “Lincoln”][VIII]
[Holmes, C. J. “Near Aisgill”][IX]
[Little, Robert, R.W.S., R.S.W. “Tidal Basin, Montrose”][X]
[Rich, Alfred W. “Swaledale”][XI]
[Smythe, Lionel, R.A., R.W.S. “Caught in the Frozen Palms of Spring”][XII]
[Turner, J. M. W., R.A. “Launceston”][IV]
[Walker, W. Eyre, R.W.S. “A Pool in the Woods”][XIII]
[Waterlow, Sir E. A., R.A., R.W.S., H.R.S.W. “In Crowhurst Park, Sussex”][XIV]
AFTER SCOTTISH PAINTERS
[Allan, Robert W. Allan, R.W.S., R.S.W. “The Maple in Autumn”][XV]
[Brown, A. K., R.S.A., R.S.W. “Ben More”][XVI]
[Cadenhead, James, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. “A Moorland”][XVII]
[Cameron, D. Y., A.R.A., R.S.A., R.W.S., R.S.W. “Autumn in Strath Tay”][XVIII]
[Flint, W. Russell, R.W.S., R.S.W. “Autumn Evening, Rydal Water”][XIX]
[Houston, George, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. “Iona”][XX]
[Paterson, James, R.S.A., R.W.S., R.S.W. “Frenchland to Queensberry, Moffat Dale”][XXI]
[Smith, D. Murray, A.R.W.S. “On the Way to the South Downs”][XXII]
[Taylor, E. A. “A Bit of High Corrie”][XXIII]
[Walton, E. A., R.S.A., P.R.S.W. “Suffolk Pastures”][XXIV]

PREFATORY NOTE