The Life of J. M. W. Turner : Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by his Friends and Fellow Academicians (Paperback)

Preface; 1. The curtain rises; 2. The London of Turner's boyhood; 3. The sky painter; 4. Love and ambition; 5. Turner's contemporaries in water and oil; 6. Turner and Girtin at Dr Munro's; 7. Turner's friendly rival, Girtin; 8. Turner, the drawing-master; 9. Rise and progress of water-colour painting in England; 10. Turner in Yorkshire; 11. Turner in Scotland; 12. Turner's home and foreign tours; 13. Turner's work for the engravers; 14. Turner's art life (1); 15. The 'Liber studiorum'; 16. Turner's art life (2); 17. Turner's art life: second period, 1820?35; 18. The Polyphemus: 1829; 19. Turner's art life, continued; 20. The old Temeraire; 21. Turner's art life: concluded; 22. Turner's note-books and sketches; 23. Turner's prices.