Chapter I: Front Matter

_ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GREAT ARTISTS._

JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER

ROYAL ACADEMICIAN.

ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GREAT ARTISTS.

TITIAN From the most recent authorities.
_By Richard Ford Heath, M.A., Hertford Coll. Oxford._

REMBRANDT From the Text of C. VOSMAER.
_By J. W. Mollett, B.A., Brasenose Coll. Oxford._

RAPHAEL From the Text of J. D. PASSAVANT.
_By N. D’Anvers, Author of “Elementary History of Art.”_

VAN DYCK & HALS From the most recent authorities.
_By Percy R. Head, Lincoln Coll. Oxford._

HOLBEIN From the Text of Dr. WOLTMANN.
_By the Editor, Author of “Life and Genius of Rembrandt”_

TINTORETTO From recent investigations.
_By W. Roscoe Osler, Author of occasional Essays on Art._

TURNER From the most recent authorities.
_By Cosmo Monkhouse, Author of “Studies of Sir E. Landseer.”_

THE LITTLE MASTERS From the most recent authorities.
_By W. B. Scott, Author of “Lectures on the Fine Arts.”_

HOGARTH From recent investigations.
_By Austin Dobson, Author of “Vignettes in Rhyme,” &c._

RUBENS From recent investigations.
_By C. W. Kett, M.A., Hertford Coll. Oxford._

MICHELANGELO From the most recent authorities.
_By Charles Clément, Author of “Michel-Ange, Léonard, et Raphael.”_

LIONARDO From recent researches.
_By Dr. J. Paul Richter, Author of “Die Mosaiken von Ravenna.”_

GIOTTO From recent investigations.
_By Harry Quilter, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge._

THE FIGURE PAINTERS OF THE NETHERLANDS.
_By Lord Ronald Gower, Author of “Guide to the Galleries of Holland.”_

VELAZQUEZ From the most recent authorities.
_By Edwin Stowe, B.A., Brasenose Coll. Oxford._

GAINSBOROUGH From the most recent authorities.
_By George M. Brock-Arnold, M.A., Hertford Coll. Oxford._

PEUGINO From recent investigations.
_By T. Adolphus Trollope, Author of many Essays on Art._

DELAROCHE & VERNET From the works of CHARLES BLANC.
_By Mrs. Ruutz Rees, Author of various Essays on Art._

_From a sketch by John Gilbert._]

“_The whole world without Art would be one great wilderness._”

TURNER

BY W. COSMO MONKHOUSE

_Author of_ “_Studies of Sir E. Landseer._”

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LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON, 1879.

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