Description: An Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour round the Southern Coast of England, illustrated with eighty-four plate from. Drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., W.Collins, R.A., William Westall, R.A., S. Prout, P Dewint, and others. London: M. A. Nattali, 23, Bedford STreet, Covent Garden. 1849. First Edition. 202 p., 12 x 9.75", 4to. In fair condition. Fine half-leather boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at leather corners. Head and tail of spine rubbed; hinges rubbed. All edges of text-block gilt. Front gutter cracked at frontispiece with some cording exposed. Foxing found throughout text-block; mostly around plates. Frontispiece's tissue guard detached at head; fragile. Gift inscription found on front fly-leaf: "Alice S. Hooper from Mother. New York, April 4th 1828." Some glue residue around edges of pasted-in plates. Binding intact. Please see photos. Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775 – 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolorist. He is known for his expressive coloring, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings. He left behind more than 550 oil paintings, 2,000 watercolors, and 30,000 works on paper. He was championed by the leading English art critic John Ruskin from 1840, and is today regarded as having elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivaling history painting. Intensely private, eccentric, and reclusive, Turner was a controversial figure throughout his career. He did not marry, but fathered two daughters, Evelina (1801–1874) and Georgiana (1811–1843), by the widow Sarah Danby. He became more pessimistic and morose as he got older, especially after the death of his father in 1829; when his outlook deteriorated, his gallery fell into disrepair and neglect, and his art intensified. In 1841, Turner rowed a boat into the Thames so he could not be counted as present at any property in that year's census. He lived in squalor and poor health from 1845, and died in London in 1851 aged 76. Turner is buried in St Paul's Cathedral, London. RAREB1849FOPA - 01/18COLH1849FPOQ 0 10/24 - HKREV246
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Fine Binding
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: M A Nattali
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1849
Language: English
Illustrator: J M W Turner et al
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: J M W Turner
Region: Europe
Topic: Historical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
