The Life of J. M. W. Turner 2 Volume Set

Volume 1: 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 Téméraire; 21. Turner's art life: concluded; 22. Turner's note-books and sketches; 23. Turner's prices. Volume 2: 1. Turner at Petworth; 2. Turner's poetry; 3. Turner's friends and contemporaries; 4. Turner and the Royal Academy; 5. Turner's character; 6. Turner at Queen Anne Street; 7. The origin of several pictures; 8. Turner on varnishing days; 9. Mr Ruskin and the Turner critics; 10. Turner as a correspondent; 11. Turner's Venetian pictures; 12. The business man; 13. Turner and Chantrey; 14. Thirst for knowledge in old age; 15. The Artists' Benevolent Fund; 16. Twilight; 17. The Turner portraits; 18. Turner's genius; Appendix.