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.]. |
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... latter is still living , hale and active , in his eighty - ninth year , ) aided the views of the young artist by every means in their power . That this sport of a few leisure moments was not Turner's first attempt in the art of design ...
... latter is still living , hale and active , in his eighty - ninth year , ) aided the views of the young artist by every means in their power . That this sport of a few leisure moments was not Turner's first attempt in the art of design ...
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... latter part of 1802 that he took his first continental trip , on a sketching tour through France and Switzerland ; and accordingly , among his contributions to the Exhibition of 1803 , we find besides two views of Bonne- ville in Savoy ...
... latter part of 1802 that he took his first continental trip , on a sketching tour through France and Switzerland ; and accordingly , among his contributions to the Exhibition of 1803 , we find besides two views of Bonne- ville in Savoy ...
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... latter , and the accuracy of study which has guided Turner to the truth . " Mr. Ruskin also instances the following subjects from the plates contained in the present volume as remarkable exam- ples of the effects of light given by ...
... latter , and the accuracy of study which has guided Turner to the truth . " Mr. Ruskin also instances the following subjects from the plates contained in the present volume as remarkable exam- ples of the effects of light given by ...
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... latter picture , exclaimed , ' What's this ? Call this painting ? Nothing but dabs ! ' But upon retiring and catching its magical effects , he added , ' Painting ! God bless me , so it is ! ' The picture of ' Hail , Rain , and Speed ...
... latter picture , exclaimed , ' What's this ? Call this painting ? Nothing but dabs ! ' But upon retiring and catching its magical effects , he added , ' Painting ! God bless me , so it is ! ' The picture of ' Hail , Rain , and Speed ...
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... latter renowned as the grave of Louis XI . A league and a half farther , we passed through Mehan , a small town , where Jean Clopinel , one of the authors of the famous ' Romance of the Rose , ' was born in 1280 ; and after a ride of ...
... latter renowned as the grave of Louis XI . A league and a half farther , we passed through Mehan , a small town , where Jean Clopinel , one of the authors of the famous ' Romance of the Rose , ' was born in 1280 ; and after a ride of ...
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