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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... look at a picture which had been recommended by Mr. John Pye for engraving as a companion to the " Temple of Jupiter , ' purchased by that firm for 500 guineas , and splendidly engraved by Mr. Pye . But although 750 guineas was the sum ...
... look at a picture which had been recommended by Mr. John Pye for engraving as a companion to the " Temple of Jupiter , ' purchased by that firm for 500 guineas , and splendidly engraved by Mr. Pye . But although 750 guineas was the sum ...
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... look upon this admirable enthusiast to be one of the finest characters presented in the history of her country . The statue , however , is quite unworthy of her , and was probably a hasty erection , substituted for the more ancient ...
... look upon this admirable enthusiast to be one of the finest characters presented in the history of her country . The statue , however , is quite unworthy of her , and was probably a hasty erection , substituted for the more ancient ...
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... looks like an artificial pond , in the centre of which you see the water bubbling and whirling ; and this is the birth of the Loiret . Leaving behind the great woods extending in the dis- tance - which were formerly so famous for ...
... looks like an artificial pond , in the centre of which you see the water bubbling and whirling ; and this is the birth of the Loiret . Leaving behind the great woods extending in the dis- tance - which were formerly so famous for ...
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... look upon the circumstance with an interest proportioned to its rarity . As we insinuated ourselves through the narrow streets , many a head was thrust out of the windows to stare at us as we passed ; and one ancient lady , seated by ...
... look upon the circumstance with an interest proportioned to its rarity . As we insinuated ourselves through the narrow streets , many a head was thrust out of the windows to stare at us as we passed ; and one ancient lady , seated by ...
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... look . " I am not so ill as you think , " groaned he ; " I shall still live - God will prolong my life ! " He sent abroad , all over Europe , for strange animals wherewith to amuse his convalescence - to deceive the world , say the ...
... look . " I am not so ill as you think , " groaned he ; " I shall still live - God will prolong my life ! " He sent abroad , all over Europe , for strange animals wherewith to amuse his convalescence - to deceive the world , say the ...
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