Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894, Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 · London : Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday · leaf 87
wind, and Ibelieve that this extreme caution had come down to thepeople from their ancestors. The simple explanation of 5—2 68 The Life of f. M. W. Turner. the sails in Turners picture is, that he wanted them tocut the base-line of his mountain, and throw the moun-tain further back. 2. The… … due to simple carelessness than to any artistic craft.The castle in the picture is certainly a much clumsierand less interesting object than it is in the reality.Few of the Highland castles have any architecturalinterest; but Kilchurn is one of the best of them, owingto the happy disposition of its…
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 · Artists
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