A List of the Works Contributed to Public Exhibitions by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1901 Excerpt: ... 82 Moonlight, A Study At Millbank. View looking along the Thames; in the foreground to left the shore, to right a barge; in the middle of the picture the full moon just above the horizon, above it one bright star in the cloudless sky. Panel nix 15. R.A. 1797, No. 136. Collection: The Artist, N.G., No. 459. Messrs. Redgrave in their Century of Painters, p. 229, notice this work as the painter's first exhibited oil picture, and thereby correct the error into which they had fallen in their Dictionary of Artists of the English School, by describing the Rising Squall, No. 8 ante, as such. 83 Fishermen Coming A Shore At Sun Set, Previous To A Gale. R.A. 1797, No. 279. This was hung at the Academy in the first room, which appears at this time to have been devoted to works in oil. The Millbank hung in this same room; also Lawrence's picture of Satan summoning his Legions, and two of Beechey's portraits of the Princesses. 84 Winesdale, Yorkshire, An Autumnal Morn Ing. R.A. 1798, No. 118. This also hung in the first room along with the works already mentioned, and well-known oil pictures by Russell and Cosway. 85 Morning Amongst The Coniston Fells, Cumberland. Quotation from Milton.) View looking up a mountain valley through which a stream, falling in cascades, approaches the spectator; wooded slopes rise on either side; rolling clouds lit up by the rising sun. Canvas 47 X 35 R.A. 1798, No. 196. Collection: The Artist, N.G., No. 461. 86 Dunstanborough Castle, N.E. Coast Of Northumberland. Sun-rise After A Squally Night. Quotationfrom Thomson.) In the foreground, the sea breaking at the foot of a rocky slope which is crowned by the Castle seen against the sky; at the foot of the rocks a cottage; cattle grazing on the slope. Canvas 36 x 48. R.A. 1798, No. 322. Collecti...