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The life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. (1879)

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894, Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 · London : Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday · leaf 302

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distance. The reader mayjudge from this etching how Turner treated the materialsof Venice, the spaces of the water, the boats, and thebuildings. The sense of space and distance on watersurface is admirably expressed in this subject; the boatsare made to serve the artists purpose in composition,both… … --,ry ^ The Venice Pictures. 267 giving the title The Approach to Venice to a drawingfrom which a picture was painted which is called SanBenedetto, whilst there is another picture called TheApproach to Venice, which is in a state of ruin fromtechnical causes. Whilst describing the San…

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