Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- PART I
- PART II TURNER'S WORKS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY
- PART III
- APPENDIX
- I PICTURE GALLERIES; THEIR FUNCTIONS AND FORMATION—EVIDENCE GIVEN BY RUSKIN TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY SITE COMMISSION, APRIL 6, 1857
- II THE CHARACTER OF TURNER
- III MINOR CATALOGUES OF TURNER DRAWINGS
- IV LETTERS ON COPIES OF DRAWINGS BY TURNER
- V TURNERS, FALSE AND TRUE (1871, 1884)
- VI “NOTES ON DRAWINGS BY MR. RUSKIN PLACED ON EXHIBITION BY PROFESSOR NORTON,” AT BOSTON AND NEW YORK, 1879
- VII LIGHT AND WATER-COLOURS
- INDEX
V - TURNERS, FALSE AND TRUE (1871, 1884)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- PART I
- PART II TURNER'S WORKS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY
- PART III
- APPENDIX
- I PICTURE GALLERIES; THEIR FUNCTIONS AND FORMATION—EVIDENCE GIVEN BY RUSKIN TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY SITE COMMISSION, APRIL 6, 1857
- II THE CHARACTER OF TURNER
- III MINOR CATALOGUES OF TURNER DRAWINGS
- IV LETTERS ON COPIES OF DRAWINGS BY TURNER
- V TURNERS, FALSE AND TRUE (1871, 1884)
- VI “NOTES ON DRAWINGS BY MR. RUSKIN PLACED ON EXHIBITION BY PROFESSOR NORTON,” AT BOSTON AND NEW YORK, 1879
- VII LIGHT AND WATER-COLOURS
- INDEX
Summary
“‘TURNERS,’ FALSE AND TRUE
“To the Editor of the ‘Times’
“Sir,—I have refused until now to express any opinion respecting the picture No. 40 in the Exhibition of the Old Masters, feeling extreme reluctance to say anything which its kind owner, to whom the Exhibition owes so much, might deem discourteous.
“But I did not suppose it was possible any doubt could long exist among artists as to the character of the work in question; and, as I find its authenticity still in some quarters maintained, I think no other course is open to me than to state that the picture is not by Turner, nor even by an imitator of Turner acquainted with the essential qualities of the master.
“I am unable to assert this on internal evidence only. I never saw the picture before, nor do I know anything of the channels through which it came into the possession of its present proprietor.
“No. 235 is, on the contrary, one of the most consummate and majestic works that ever came from the artist's hand, and it is one of the very few now remaining which have not been injured by subsequent treatment.
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- The Works of John Ruskin , pp. 579 - 581Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1904