[19] It is, of course, possible that the verses were composed by Turner himself.
[21] Bell, Article on ‘Turner and his Engravers,’ in The Genius of Turner (Studio Extra), pp. 142-143.
[22] Turner Catalogue, written in 1881. National Gallery edition, 1899, p. 37.
[23] Ibid.
[24] It is also worth remarking that the value of these drawings from a topographical point of view, i.e. as giving information pure and simple, is probably diminished by the fact that the material they contain is so skilfully selected and arranged.
[25] Modern Painters, vol. i. p. 132.
[26] Ibid. p. 130.
[27] Elements of Drawing, Preface, p. X.