Excerpt from Hand Book to Exhibition of Line Engravings After Water Color DrawingsTo understand fully the charm of these prints it is necessary to have seen some of Turner's work, and nowhere can it be studied to such advantage as in the National Gallery, London. Something, however, can be done in the Fogg Art Museum, where there are a few very beautiful specimens of Turner's water-color drawings, and also some remarkable 00pies made by William Ward.1 These copies are on the screen facing the door of the print room.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.