Turner was heir to a substantial tradition, deriving not only from the Continental schools, but from eighteenth-century English watercolor painting. Contains 176 plates, 35 in color. "[Turner] is a scholarly book in its breadth of reference and it has the additional merit of being easy to read." - Peter Garrard, The Artist. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: Biography, J. M. W. Turner, Art, English Painters, John Ruskin, John Constable).