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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... longer worth following . This inscription , hastily adopted , is admitted by the executors to be in- correct . years , heard him assert , more than once , LIST OF PLATES BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF J M W TURNER, Esq , R A.
... longer worth following . This inscription , hastily adopted , is admitted by the executors to be in- correct . years , heard him assert , more than once , LIST OF PLATES BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF J M W TURNER, Esq , R A.
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... once , in reply to impor- tunate inquiries , that he was born in the same year as the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769 ) , which would make him 82. The curiosity , laudable as it might be , which prompted inquiries as to ...
... once , in reply to impor- tunate inquiries , that he was born in the same year as the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769 ) , which would make him 82. The curiosity , laudable as it might be , which prompted inquiries as to ...
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... once the atten- tion of Mr. Tomkison , and interested him warmly in his behalf . From this date , both Mr. Tomkison and his son , ( the latter is still living , hale and active , in his eighty - ninth year , ) aided the views of the ...
... once the atten- tion of Mr. Tomkison , and interested him warmly in his behalf . From this date , both Mr. Tomkison and his son , ( the latter is still living , hale and active , in his eighty - ninth year , ) aided the views of the ...
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... once so popular , and to place them all , good , bad , and indifferent , in the same category . Yet the services which they rendered to art and literature , were the details of their history placed fairly before the public , would go ...
... once so popular , and to place them all , good , bad , and indifferent , in the same category . Yet the services which they rendered to art and literature , were the details of their history placed fairly before the public , would go ...
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... Once , when the pony was ill , Turner prescribed for him himself , having a great objection to farriers ' bills . In struggling one night to free himself from his toils , for he had to be fastened up with chains , he got strangled ...
... Once , when the pony was ill , Turner prescribed for him himself , having a great objection to farriers ' bills . In struggling one night to free himself from his toils , for he had to be fastened up with chains , he got strangled ...
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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...