xii, 508 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and (pages 447-449) and index.
Contents:
Admiral Booth -- The beginning -- "A pleasant good tempered youth, not fond of society" -- A bee of the same hive -- The most liberal encouragers of watercolour art -- M'lord Turner -- "W Turner called" -- Gothick -- Charitable relief -- Politics -- Adventure -- A little reptile -- Reimagined pasts -- The eye and the intellect -- The overturner -- Summertimes -- Waterloo -- Earth and heaven -- In search of the King -- Brilliance -- Industry -- Indistinct, unintelligible, unstoppable -- To please himself -- "The morning march that flashes to the sun; the feast of vultures when the day is done" -- Epilogue.
Subject Terms:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. | Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. | Painters. | England.