Excerpt from The Engraved Work of J. M. W. Turner, R. A, Vol. 1: Line Engravings on Copper, 1794 1839<br><br>Turner was born in 1775, at which time William Woollett stood at the head of all landscape engravers. His fine interpretations of the pictures of Claude, Poussin, and Wilson had gained him a high reputation, not only in England, but throughout the Continent. He died in 1785, but his influence dominated the English school of engraving at the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century. His work was always strong and masterly, although it has not the delicacy nor especi ally the luminousness of the men who were to succeed him.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.