. The life of J. M. W. Turner, ; founded on letters and papers furnished by his friends and fellow academicians. in Old Age . 348 XXXIII. The Artists Benevolent Fund . . 353 XXXIV. Twilight . 357 CONTENTS. xix TAGS XXXV. The Turner Portraits 388 XXXVI. Turners Enemies 395 XXXVII. Turners Art Life . . . 415 XXXVIII. Turners Art Life—continued . . 425 XXXIX. Turners Art Life—continued . ... 436 XL. The Polyphemus—1829 .... 440 XLI. Turners Art Live.—continued . . 447 XLI I. The Old Temeraire 456 XLI 11. Turners Art Life—concluded . . 465 XLIV. Turners Note-Books and Sketches . 469 X
. The life of J. M. W. Turner, ; founded on letters and papers furnished by his friends and fellow academicians. in Old Age . 348 XXXIII. The Artists Benevolent Fund . . 353 XXXIV. Twilight . 357 CONTENTS. xix TAGS XXXV. The Turner Portraits 388 XXXVI. Turners Enemies 395 XXXVII. Turners Art Life . . . 415 XXXVIII. Turners Art Life—continued . . 425 XXXIX. Turners Art Life—continued . ... 436 XL. The Polyphemus—1829 .... 440 XLI. Turners Art Live.—continued . . 447 XLI I. The Old Temeraire 456 XLI 11. Turners Art Life—concluded . . 465 XLIV. Turners Note-Books and Sketches . 469 XLV. Turners Sketch-Books from 1790 to 1800 472 XLVI. The Liber Studiorum . . 490 XLVII. Mr. Ruskins Notes on the Turner Sketches 505 XLVIII. Turners Genius 525 APPENDIX 55i ILLUSTRATIONS. Calais Harbour Frontispiece House in which Turner was Born . To face page i The Caledonian Canal. Edinburgh from St. Anthonys Chapel Dunfermline Smailholme Tower Hotel de Ville, Paris ....Room at Chelsea in which Turner diedSkiddaw from Derwentwater . .Inverness ....... 65129132 134162 359418. IKUSF. IN LANE IN WHICH TlRNKK WAS HORN. THE LIFE OF J. M. W. TURNER, CHAPTER L and first the infant.* Joseph Mallord William Turner was born on St. GeorgesDay (day of good omen), the 23rd of April, 1775, and was bap-tised on the 14th of May following in the parish church of , Covent Garden, where the great name may still be seenin the register. His father, William Turner (a Devonshire man by birth),was a humble hairdresser, well known in the theatrical districtof the Garden, who lived at the west end of Maiden Lane, onthe right-hand side as you come from Southampton Street, andopposite the Cider Cellar which was opened about 1730, butwhich at the time of the painters birth was the studio of asociety of Only a side door of Turners murky shop » I remember the house well—I have been up and down and all overit. The old barbers shop was on the ground floor, entered
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