Liber Fluviorum: Or River Scenery of FranceTurner's illustrations and Ritchie's text first appeared in slightly different form in 1833, 1834, & 1835 in three volumes that came to be known as Turner's Annual Tours; the plates were reissued in 1837 as Rivers of France; and the first edition of Liber Fluviorum. was published in 1853. In any of these guises the lovely plates confirm Gordon Ray's verdict that "Turner achieved his best landscapes on steel in this series." [See Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England., 16.]. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 84
Page xx
... local habitation and a name , yet we now learn that no such poem ever existed . · From 1790 , besides a great number of pictures , ( not fewer , probably , than one hundred , ) painted XX BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHATEAU DE MAUVES.
... local habitation and a name , yet we now learn that no such poem ever existed . · From 1790 , besides a great number of pictures , ( not fewer , probably , than one hundred , ) painted XX BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHATEAU DE MAUVES.
Page xxi
... hundred , ) executed for various pub- lishers , Mr. Turner exhibited in the Royal Academy and British Institution nearly two hundred and sixty - three pictures and drawings . The greater portion of all these have increased in value with ...
... hundred , ) executed for various pub- lishers , Mr. Turner exhibited in the Royal Academy and British Institution nearly two hundred and sixty - three pictures and drawings . The greater portion of all these have increased in value with ...
Page xlvii
... hundred guineas , into the possession of Mr. Birch , a gentleman residing near Birmingham . Turner never knew it . It is a beautiful work of art , and very like him at the time it was taken . It is about to be finely engraved . There is ...
... hundred guineas , into the possession of Mr. Birch , a gentleman residing near Birmingham . Turner never knew it . It is a beautiful work of art , and very like him at the time it was taken . It is about to be finely engraved . There is ...
Page lii
... HUNDRED AND THIRTY - ONE . JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER . ( L.S. ) Signed , sealed , published , and declared by the within named Joseph Mallord William Turner , as and for his last will and testament in the pre- sence of us , who , at ...
... HUNDRED AND THIRTY - ONE . JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER . ( L.S. ) Signed , sealed , published , and declared by the within named Joseph Mallord William Turner , as and for his last will and testament in the pre- sence of us , who , at ...
Page liii
... hundred a year for her natural life , and to Evelina Danby , or Dupree , one hundred a year for her natural life . The residue of my property in the funds after said bequests are provided for , I give to the trustees of the Royal ...
... hundred a year for her natural life , and to Evelina Danby , or Dupree , one hundred a year for her natural life . The residue of my property in the funds after said bequests are provided for , I give to the trustees of the Royal ...
Contents
vii | |
viii | |
ix | |
x | |
xi | |
xii | |
xiii | |
xiv | |
xv | |
xvi | |
xvii | |
xviii | |
xix | |
xx | |
xxi | |
xxii | |
xxiii | |
xxiv | |
xxv | |
xxvii | |
xxviii | |
xxix | |
xxx | |
xxxi | |
xxxii | |
xxxiv | |
xxxv | |
xxxvi | |
xxxvii | |
xxxviii | |
xxxix | |
xl | |
xli | |
xlii | |
xliii | |
xliv | |
xlv | |
xlvi | |
xlvii | |
xlviii | |
l | |
li | |
27 | |
30 | |
41 | |
44 | |
50 | |
53 | |
60 | |
84 | |
85 | |
86 | |
108 | |
114 | |
119 | |
129 | |
144 | |
156 | |
165 | |
171 | |
176 | |
178 | |
192 | |
210 | |
220 | |
233 | |
239 | |
245 | |
257 | |
267 | |
274 | |
289 | |
296 | |
302 | |
310 | |
321 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abbey Ancenis ancient Anjou annuities appearance artists beautiful Blois bridge building built Cæsar called castle cathedral Caudebec century chapel charitable institution Charles Turner château Château Gaillard church Cinq Mars Codicil Danby distance ditch edifice effect England Engraved Erdre Esquire executors exhibited famous feet fortress France French gardens guineas hand Henry hill honour hundred inhabitants J. M. W. TURNER JMW Turner John Lackland Joseph Mallord William king leagues length Liré lofty Loire look Louis Louis XIV magnificent Mallord William Turner monks monument Nantes National Gallery never object Oudon painted painter Paris passed persons present ramparts remains remarkable right bank river rock Rouen round Royal Academy ruins Saint Saint Ouen Saumur scene seen side sketching spot stone subterranean summit survivor temple thousand Tours towers town traveller trustees village walls Walter Fawkes whole
Popular passages
Page 126 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page li - Act. in as full and ample a manner to all intents and purposes as if the same privileges and protections were repeated and re-enacted in this Act.
Page lvi - Signed, sealed, published, and declared, by the said Thomas Coutts, the testator, as and for a codicil to his last will and testament, in the presence of us who, in his presence, at his request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Page lii - Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Lord Byron, the testator, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Page lvi - Signed, sealed, published, declared, and delivered, by the said Samuel Johnson, as, and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, in his presence, and at his request, and also in the presence of each other, have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses. •JOHN COPLEY.
Page liv - Trustees or the survivor of them or the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such survivor...
Page 140 - Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free ; Patient of toil ; serene amidst alarms ; Inflexible in faith ; invincible in arms.
Page xliii - Fire, exhibited at the Royal Academy in the following May, witnessed the force with which the scene was impressed upon him. In like manner, the Burning of the Houses of Parliament forty years afterwards was an event that could not escape the pencil of Turner. He repaired to the spot to make sketches of the fire at different points, and produced two pictures, one for the Academy, and another for the British Institution. Here was a glowing subject for his palette.
Page xlvi - He cither never knew, or never would tell, his birthday. One who was a fellow-student with him at the Academy, and his companion from boyhood, once said to him, " William, your birthday can't be far off? when is it? I want to drink a glass of wine to my old friend.
Page li - I direct, that a charitable institution be founded for the maintenance and support of poor and decayed male artists, being born in England, and of English parents only, and lawful issue...