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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... " His parsimony does not appear to have made him so care- ful of his money as is commonly supposed . On one occasion " C when Mr. Charles Heath was sitting beside him J. M. W. TURNER , ESQ . , R.A. XXXV LA CHAISE DE GARGANTUA.
... " His parsimony does not appear to have made him so care- ful of his money as is commonly supposed . On one occasion " C when Mr. Charles Heath was sitting beside him J. M. W. TURNER , ESQ . , R.A. XXXV LA CHAISE DE GARGANTUA.
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... but with variations , ) supposed to have been given him by Chantrey . It is let into the wall over the dining - room chimney . He never would tell , his birthday . One who J. M. W. TURNER , ESQ . , R.A. xlv PONT DE L'ARCHE.
... but with variations , ) supposed to have been given him by Chantrey . It is let into the wall over the dining - room chimney . He never would tell , his birthday . One who J. M. W. TURNER , ESQ . , R.A. xlv PONT DE L'ARCHE.
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... supposed to be one of the most beautiful specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in France . A short distance from the Sainte Croix is the Mairie - a jumble of old houses , surrounding a court not vastly unlike an English farm - yard ...
... supposed to be one of the most beautiful specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in France . A short distance from the Sainte Croix is the Mairie - a jumble of old houses , surrounding a court not vastly unlike an English farm - yard ...
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... supposed to be the Genabum Carnatum mentioned in the Commentaries of Cæsar , which after- wards took the name of Aurilianum , or Auriliana Civitas ; whence the modern corruption , Orleans . It was besieged and taken ( supposing the ...
... supposed to be the Genabum Carnatum mentioned in the Commentaries of Cæsar , which after- wards took the name of Aurilianum , or Auriliana Civitas ; whence the modern corruption , Orleans . It was besieged and taken ( supposing the ...
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... supposed to have been a fort built by Cæsar on the hill ; and in col- lateral proof of this fact are shown some subterranean vaults by the side of the hill , near the ancient convent of Minimes , which appear to have been the granaries ...
... supposed to have been a fort built by Cæsar on the hill ; and in col- lateral proof of this fact are shown some subterranean vaults by the side of the hill , near the ancient convent of Minimes , which appear to have been the granaries ...
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