thus, the * The London Reneio of May 4 contained a critique of the Exhibitionof the Society of AVater-colors, which included a notice of Mr. DuncansShiplake, on the Thames (No. 52). In this picture the artist had painteda rainbow reflected in the water, the truth of which to nature was ques-tioned… … Fig. 2. The interval, m n^ depends on the position of the spectatorwith respect to the water surface. The thing can hardly everbe seen in nature, for if there be rain enough to carry thebow to the water surface, that surface will be ruffled by thedrops, and incapable of reflection. Whenever I have…
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 · Art · Preraphaelitism · Architecture · Social problems
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