PART TWO (1775-1803)
FROM 'FOLLY BRIDGE' TO 'CALAIS PIER'
V. 1775. Birthplace and Parents[23]
VI. 1790 (aged 15). He exhibits at the Royal Academy, and is described as a light-hearted, merry creature[27]
VII. 1795 (aged 20). The Drawings of 'the ingenius Mr. Turner' are stated by a newspaper of the day to be 'tinctured with truth and fidelity'[34]
VIII. 1800 (aged 25). His first Oil Pictures, and Extracts from his Sketch-Books[39]
IX. 1802 (aged 27). He exhibits grandiloquent 'Jason' and a simple 'View on Clapham Common'[46]
X. 1803 (aged 28). The Year of 'Calais Pier'[51]
PART THREE (1804-1810)
FROM 'THE SHIPWRECK' TO AN EARLY GOLDEN VISION