An History of Richmondshire

Brilliant examples of J.M.W. Turner's landscape prints, reproduced here in book form for the first time.

An History of Richmondshire (1819-23) is the only part to be published of the largest commission ever received by Turner. Originally intended to count 120 drawings for a General History of the County of York by the well-known historian Thomas Dunham Whitaker, it was cut short owing to the death of the author and the spiralling costs. Nevertheless, Turner produced some of his finest work f...