Chapter II: Part SEVEN: (1835-1845)

FROM A CONSIDERATION OF THE 'UNFINISHED' OILS TO 'RAIN, STEAM, AND SPEED,' AND THE LAST SKETCH-BOOKS

XLI. 1835 (aged 60). Some remarks on the 'Unfinished' Oils and _Blackwood's_ attack on his 'Venice' picture of this year

XLII. 1836 (aged 61). The Reception of 'Juliet and Her Nurse' proclaims that Turner is beginning to lose Favour with the Public

XLIII. 1837 (aged 62). 'Troubles begin to gather about him. Nothing will go right'

XLIV. 1838 (aged 63). A 'Nonsense Picture' of 1838 which in 1878 fetched £5460 at auction

XLV. 1839 (aged 64). 'The Fighting Téméraire' and a Sea-Piece on a Visiting-Card

XLVI. 1840 (aged 65). A contrast between the terrific 'Slave Ship' and the mild 'New Moon'

XLVII. 1841 (aged 66). How Turner 'did it.' He 'grasped the handle and plunged the whole drawing into a pail of water'

XLVIII. 1842 (aged 67). 'The Snowstorm and some 'Faultless' Water-Colours

XLIX. 1843 (aged 68). Visions of Venice, and the First Volume of _Modern Painters_

L. 1844 (aged 69). He exhibits 'Rain, Steam, and Speed,' and twice tries to cross the Alps on foot

LI. 1845 (aged 70). Pictures of Whalers, and an Entry on the last page of his last Sketch-Book

PART EIGHT (1846-1851)

THE YEARS OF DECLINE AND THE END

LII. 1846 (aged 71). The Beginning of Turner's Decline, and a 'Grey, dim Drawing'

LIII. 1847, 1848, 1849 (aged 72 to 74). He disappears from his old Haunts, and is interested in Optics and Photography

LIV. 1850 (aged 75). His last four pictures painted in hiding at Chelsea

LV. 1851 (aged 76). The Mystery of the Last Years of his Life revealed to his Friends, and his Death