The harbours of England . genesis of the Harbours. That accountmay now be supplemented with the followingadditional facts. In 1826 Turner (in conjunc-tion with Lupton, the engraver) projected andcommenced a serial publication entitled ThePorts of England. But both artist and en-graver lacked the opportunity required to carrythe undertaking to a successful conclusion, andthree numbers only were completed. Each ofthese contained two engravings. Part I., intro-ducing Scarborough and Whitby, duly appearedin 1826; Part II., with Dover and Ramsgate,in 1827; and in 1828 Part III., containingSheerness
The harbours of England . genesis of the Harbours. That accountmay now be supplemented with the followingadditional facts. In 1826 Turner (in conjunc-tion with Lupton, the engraver) projected andcommenced a serial publication entitled ThePorts of England. But both artist and en-graver lacked the opportunity required to carrythe undertaking to a successful conclusion, andthree numbers only were completed. Each ofthese contained two engravings. Part I., intro-ducing Scarborough and Whitby, duly appearedin 1826; Part II., with Dover and Ramsgate,in 1827; and in 1828 Part III., containingSheerness and Portsmouth, closed the series.* * To ornament the covers of these parts, Turner designeda vignette, which was printed upon the centre of the frontwrapper of each. As The Ports of Englandis an exception-ally scarce book, and as the vignette can be obtained inno other form, a facsimile of it is here given. The originaldrawing was presented by Mr. Ruskin to the Fitz-WilliamMuseum, at Cambridge, where it may now be jlsscb To face £. x. EDITORS PREFACE XI Twenty-eight years afterwards (that is, in1856, five years after Turners death) thesesix plates, together with six new ones, werepublished by Messrs. E. Gambart & Co., atwhose invitation Mr. Ruskin consented towrite the essay on Turners marine paint-ing which accompanied them. The book, ahandsome folio, appears to have been im-mediately successful, for in the followingyear a second edition was called for. Thiswas a precise reprint of the 1856 edition;but, unhappily, the delicate plates alreadybegan to exhibit signs of wear. The copy-right (which had not been retained byMr. Ruskin, but remained the property ofMessrs. E. Gambart & Co.) then passedto Messrs. Day & Son, who, after produc-ing the third edition of 1859, in turn dis-posed of it to Mr. T. J. Allman. AUmanissued a fourth edition in 1872, and thenparted with his rights to Messrs. Smith,Elder & Co., who in 1877 brought out thefifth, and, until now, last edition.
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