Explorations in the footsteps of Turner, Cotman, Ruskin and others with Professor David Hill
This is the second instalment of a series examining Turner’s Margate subjects. Here we examine work dating from his early teenage years. The earliest account to associate Turner with Margate is the full-length biography by Walter Thornbury published in 1862 just over a decade after Turner’s death. Thornbury was alert to every morsel of journalistic … Continue reading Turner’s Margate: #02 Schooltime
Before taking our leave of Lucerne we should take stock of the sketches we have already seen in the Between Lucerne and Thun sketchbook, and complement those with a survey of Lucerne sketches in other sketchbooks. The chronology of Turner’s visits to the town is by no means fully established, and whilst we can be … Continue reading In Turner’s Footsteps around Lucerne: A survey of sketches, part #1
This article returns to a subject briefly visited in an article of 10 April 2016 in which I discussed a Turner watercolour of Ben Arthur from near Arrochar. I had not time then to investigate the subject in any detail, but finally last week managed to visit the exact spot. Regular readers will know that … Continue reading Turner and Scotland #2: Loch Lomond from Colonel Lascelles’ monument, 1801
Not all my Turnering goes according to plan. This is an interim report on a new identification for a watercolour at the British Museum. Currently called ‘Mountain study, a view in north Wales (?)’ this can now be confirmed instead as a view of Ben Arthur from the entrance to Glen Croe above Ardgartan. On … Continue reading Turner and Scotland #1: Ben Arthur from near Ardgartan
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