I should have liked to add to this volume accurate lists of Turner’s works and the engravings from them, with information of their possessors, and the extraordinary fluctuation in the prices which they have realized, but this would have entailed great labour and have swelled unduly the bulk of this volume, which is already greater than that of its fellows. Fortunately this information is likely to be soon supplied by Mr. Algernon Graves, whose accurate catalogue of Landseer’s works is sufficient guarantee of the manner in which he will perform this more difficult task.
The edition of Thornbury’s “Life of Turner” referred to throughout these pages, is that of 1877.
W. COSMO MONKHOUSE.
CONTENTS.
| PART I. | |
| 1775 to 1797. Days of Education and Practice. | |
| [CHAPTER I] | |
| Page | |
| Introductory | [1] |
| [CHAPTER II] | |
| Early Days—1775 to 1789 | [6] |
| [CHAPTER III] | |
| Youth—1789 to 1796 | [20] |
| PART II. | |
| 1797 to 1820. Days of Mastery and Emulation. | |
| [CHAPTER IV] | |
| Yorkshire and the young Academician—1797 to 1807 | [38] |
| [CHAPTER V] | |
| The “Liber Studiorum” and the Dragons | [55] |
| [CHAPTER VI] | |
| Harley Street, Devonshire, Hammersmith, and Twickenham | [75] |
| PART III. | |
| 1820 to 1851. Days of Glory and Decline. | |
| [CHAPTER VII] | |
| Italy and France—1820 to 1840 | [92] |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | |
| Light and Darkness—1840 to 1851 | [121] |
| [Index.] | |
| [Chronology Of Turner’s Life.] | |
