| Date | Page | |
| 1775. | Born, 23rd April | [6] |
| 1784. | Drawing of Margate Church | [13] |
| 1785. | Goes to School at Brentford | [15] |
| 1789. | Student of Royal Academy | [32] |
| 1791. | First exhibits at Royal Academy | [32] |
| 1792. | First Tour in Wales | [32] |
| 1792. | Studio in Hand Court | [32] |
| 1794. | First engraving from Turner published | [32] |
| 1793 or 1797. | First exhibits in oil | [34] |
| 1794. | Noticed by the Press | [34] |
| 1797. | Tour in the North of England | [40] |
| 1799. | Elected A.R.A. | [39] |
| 1799. | Removes to Harley Street | [75] |
| 1800. | Visits Scotland | [53] |
| 1801 or 1802. | First Tour on Continent | [53] |
| 1802. | Elected R.A. | [39] |
| 1804. | Second Tour on Continent | [76] |
| 1805. | Paints The Shipwreck | [50] |
| 1807. | Commences “Liber Studiorum” | [55] |
| 1808. | Professor of Perspective—Takes House at Hammersmith | [75] |
| 1811. | Exhibits Apollo and the Python | [67] |
| 1811 or 1812. | Visits Devonshire | [79] |
| 1812. | Town address changed to Queen Anne Street | [75] |
| 1814. | Goes to Twickenham | [75] |
| 1814. | Commences Southern Coast | [84] |
| 1815. | Exhibits Crossing the Brook and Dido Building Carthage | [93] |
| 1819. | First visit to Italy | [92] |
| 1823. | “History of Richmondshire” published | [94] |
| 1824. | “Rivers of England” published | [94] |
| 1823. | Exhibits Bay of Baiæ | [97] |
| 1826. | Leaves Twickenham | [101] |
| 1827. | Quarrels with Cooke | [101] |
| 1827. | “England and Wales” commenced | [104] |
| 1828. | Visits Rome | [109] |
| 1829. | Exhibits Ulysses deriding Polyphemus | [107] |
| 1830. | Death of his Father | [111] |
| 1830. | Illustrations to Rogers’s “Italy” published | [113] |
| 1831. | Makes his Will | [112] |
| 1833. | Exhibits first Venetian Picture | [114] |
| 1833. | “Rivers of France” commenced | [115] |
| 1839. | Exhibits Fighting Téméraire | [118] |
| 1843. | Publication of “Modern Painters” | [124] |
| 1851. | Death | [134] |
| Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: |
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| The Fighting Temeraire=> The Fighting Téméraire {pg 1} |
| Similiar stories could=> Similar stories could {pg 22} |
| Glacier and Source of the Arveron=> Glacier and Source of the Arvèron {pg 53} |
| Yours must truly,=> Yours most truly, {pg 110} |
FOOTNOTES:
[1] “Absalom and Achitophel.”
[2] Mr. Cyrus Redding met him there in 1812, and Sir Charles Eastlake then or after then. There is no engraved drawing by him from Devonshire till the Southern Coast, which began in 1814, or picture, till the Crossing of the Brook, exhibited in 1815.
[3] Mr. Thornbury treats this as an absurd tradition, but it is supported by an account given by Dr. Shaw of an interview between him and the artist, and printed by Mr. T. pp. 318, 319. “May I ask you if you are the Mr. Turner who visited at Shelford Manor, in the county of Nottingham, in your youth?” “I am,” he answered. On being further questioned as to whether his mother’s name was Marshall, he grew very angry, and accused his visitor of taking “an unwarrantable liberty,” but was pacified by an apology, and invited Dr. Shaw to give him “the favour of a visit” whenever he came to town.
[4] He was called “William” at home.
[5] See “Notes and Queries,” 2nd series, v. 475, for the true version of this story.