Bibliography: Published and Manuscript Material Relating to Girtin and His Times

The Life of J. M. W. Turner, R. A. Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by His Friends and Fellow Academicians

Publications from 1850 Onwards

Reference: Thornbury, 1862

Walter Thornbury, The Life of J. M. W. Turner, R. A. Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by His Friends and Fellow Academicians, 2 vols., London, 1862

A thirteen-volume extra-illustrated copy of the 1862 edition is in the British Library (74/Tab.438.a.1). The compiler of the volumes, John Platt (1842–1902), inserted numerous engravings and aquatints after drawings by Girtin to illustrate Thornbury’s biography of Turner as well as a watercolour of the bridge at Beddgelert seen in TG0778a. Sadly, Platt’s attribution of the work to Girtin cannot be accepted, resembling the work instead of Joshua Cristall (1767–1847).

1794 - 1797

A Mountainous River Landscape with a Village by a Bridge

TG0778a