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003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Thornbury
245 1 4 $a The Life Of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. Founded On Letters And Papers Furnished By His Friends And Fellow Academicians. By Walter Thornbury. [Epigraph] In Two Volumes. Vol. I. (II.)
260 # # $a London: $b Hurst And Blackett, Publishers, Successors To Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough Street. $c 1862. The right of Translation is reserved.
300 # # $a 2 vols.; $c 218 mm. (Octavo.)
500 # # $a Vol. I: xiv, [2], 416 p., frontis. (port.), [1] pl.: [1] illus. - Vol. II: vi, 425, [1] p., [3] pl.: [1] illus.
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [Half-t., frontis., t.p.] - Preface - Contents Of The First Volume - List Of Illustrations. Vol. I. (II.) - [Text and pl.]. - Vol. II: [Half-t., t.p.] - Contents Of The Second Volume - [Text and pl.] - Appendix.
508 # # $a In Volume I the frontispiece portrait of Turner is unsigned, but is described in the 'List Of Illustrations' as from a statue by P. Macdowell, R.A.; the plate and in-text illustration are unsigned. In Volume II the first plate is signed by 'PWJ'; the second is captioned as from Dance's portrait and is signed as engraved by Pearson; the third is captioned as from Baily's statue. The in-text illustration is captioned as from a drawing by Maclise.

The printer is named on the versos of the title pages: 'London: Savill And Edwards, Printers, Chandos Street, Covent Garden.'
510 0 # $a E. Joll, ed., The Oxford companion to J.M.W. Turner (2001); J. Gage, J.M.W. Turner (1987); A. Wilton, Turner in his time (1979); Turner 1775-1851 [Royal Academy and Tate exhibition catalogue] (1974); A.J. Finberg, Life of J.M.W. Turner R.A. (rev. 1961).
520 2 # $a This was the first biography of Turner, and contains several inaccuracies. Fuller or more perceptive accounts were provided by John Ruskin in his Modern painters (1843-60), P.G. Hamerton's Life of J.M.W. Turner (1879) and W. Armstrong's Turner (1902).
541 # # $c Purchased in $d 1867. (See Librarian's Report, RA Annual Report for 1867, p. 26).
563 # # $a 19th-century half blue morocco, blue cloth-covered boards; spines lettered 'Life Of Turner 1 (2) Thornbury' and 'R.A.'
600 1 4 $a Turner
653 # # $a Paintes - Artists - Great Britain - History - 18th century - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Biography - Art history - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Macdowell $e source artist
700 1 # $a Dance $e source artist
700 1 # $a Baily $e source artist
700 1 # $a Maclise $e source artist
710 2 # $a Hurst and Blackett $e publisher
710 2 # $a Savill and Edwards (London) $e printer