LONDON.GEORGE NEWNES LIMITED SOUTHAMPTON STREET STRAND W.C. NEW YORK.CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS The greatest artists have expressed themselves so completely in their works, that the story of their lives adds little or nothing to our knowledge of their personality. We know very little about the life of Turner--almost as little, indeed, as we know of Shakespeare’s--but in neither case do we seem to have missed anything that would add to our comprehension or enjoyment of their work. With Turner, as with Shakespeare, his art was the perfect organ of his spirit. His pictures enshrine more of the real personality of the artist than even a biographer of genius w…
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