The engraved work of JMWTurner, . mded, despite the inevitable reaction against Ruskins indis-criminating idolatry. Long ago Mr. Rawlinson earned our gratitude withhis masterly catalogue of the Liber Studiorum, recently revised. Nowhe has begun a catalogue, equally exhaustive, of the immense mass ofengravings after Tm-ners pictm-es and drawings. . Mr. Rawhnsonscatalogue is all that could be desired. He prefixes to it an excellentessay on Turners relations with the printsellers and engx-avers, whichnot only adds a good deal to what is known of Turners business methodsbut also explains the
The engraved work of JMWTurner, . mded, despite the inevitable reaction against Ruskins indis-criminating idolatry. Long ago Mr. Rawlinson earned our gratitude withhis masterly catalogue of the Liber Studiorum, recently revised. Nowhe has begun a catalogue, equally exhaustive, of the immense mass ofengravings after Tm-ners pictm-es and drawings. . Mr. Rawhnsonscatalogue is all that could be desired. He prefixes to it an excellentessay on Turners relations with the printsellers and engx-avers, whichnot only adds a good deal to what is known of Turners business methodsbut also explains the peculiar merit of Turners prints as a whole. Thefact is that Turner, more than almost any other great artist, vmderstoodthe technique of engraving, and knew how to train and guide his en-gravers. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. In Preparation, in one or more succeeding volumes,uniform with the present work: THE ENGEAVED WORK OFJ. M. W. TURNER, COMPRISING LINE ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL, MEZZOTINTS, AQUATINTS, LITHOGRAPHS AND BY W. G. RAWLINSOK TURNEES LIBER STUDIORUM, A DESCRIPTION AND A CATALOGUE. Second Edition (1906). %vo. 205. net. SOME PRESS NOTICES. Westminster Gazette :— Mr. W. G. Rawlinsons Catalogue ofthe Liber Studionim of Tunier has for nearly thu-ty years been thestandard work on the subject, and the new revised edition which is nowpublished may be said to contain the whole of knowledge in this branchof Turners art. It is, indeed, as nearly perfect an example of expertiseas may be found among the works of specialists, for it is at once ex-tremely painstaking and scholarly so far as facts are concerned, and(what is less common in works of this kind) sympathetic and discrimin-ating in its artistic criticism. ... A book of this kind could on no ac-count have been wiitten to order. Academy :— AU Liber lovers wiU feel a deep debt of gratitude to-wards the author for the admirable manner in which he has accom-pUshed his task. The work is a second edition; but t
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