A complete illustrated catalogue to the National Gallery . rgeous sky and the momentarily brilliant water isfilled with shipping.—Official Catalogue. This and the Ulysses^ (508), which we have sketched, exhibitTurners power as a painter at his best; for colour and poetic con-ception they are perhaps unrivalled. {See frontispiece.) 530. Snow Storm. Steamer off a harbours mouth making signals. 2 ft. I It in. X 3 ft. 11? in. 1842. The painter was in this storm, in the Ariel, off Harwich. 538. Rain, Steam, and Speed. The Great Western Railway; atrain crossing a viaduct, in the rain. This and
A complete illustrated catalogue to the National Gallery . rgeous sky and the momentarily brilliant water isfilled with shipping.—Official Catalogue. This and the Ulysses^ (508), which we have sketched, exhibitTurners power as a painter at his best; for colour and poetic con-ception they are perhaps unrivalled. {See frontispiece.) 530. Snow Storm. Steamer off a harbours mouth making signals. 2 ft. I It in. X 3 ft. 11? in. 1842. The painter was in this storm, in the Ariel, off Harwich. 538. Rain, Steam, and Speed. The Great Western Railway; atrain crossing a viaduct, in the rain. This and the foregoing,painted late in life, are remarkable as studies of wild atmosphericeffects. 3 ft. X 4 ft. R. A. 1844. Gallery VI. 63 543. Venice, Evening; Going to the Ball. I ft. II? in. X 2 ft. I It in. 1S46. The three next landscapes, on the line (Nos. 516, 505, and 512)^being considered by many to be Turners masterpieces, and the mostcharacteristic of his art, it may be well to examine them sketch the first and the last. M?**^* No. 516. 4 ft. Sin. X 3 ft. 2 in. 516. Childe Harolds Pilgrimage, Italy. iS32. . . And now, fair Italy,Thou art the garden of the world, the homeOf all art yields and Nature can decree. In this picture, Italy, ancient and modem, are both represented : the ancientruin, the medieval convent and walled town, and the modem life. The time isevening, the sun is going down beyond the mountains, but still tinging them with awarm and beautiful light, shining alike upon the glorious wreck of the and onthe fascinating out-door life, the feasting and dancing of modern Italy. The Italianair, land, and foliage, are all vividly realised. There are several pictures of this character; one we have seen^No. 371, in Gallery III. (p. 45). 505. The Bay of Baice; Apollo and the Sibyl This view represents one of the most beautiful spots in Italy. The castle ofBaise is to the right, and on the opposite side of the bay is seen the distant Po
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