Finberg, who catalogued the Turner Bequest, argues that water-colour deserves recognition as an independent branch of British art. He surveys Turner’s drawings, then the men who came before him, such as Edward Dayes, whose work is often mistaken for Turner’s, and the contemporaries who shared the field, with notes on the drawings reproduced.
A concise guide to the golden age of English water-colour from a leading authority. Download the free EPUB.