CHRONOLOGY OF TURNER’S LIFE.

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1775.Born, 23rd April 6

1784.Drawing of Margate Church13

1785.Goes to School at Brentford15

1789.Student of Royal Academy32

1791.First exhibits at Royal Academy32

1792.First Tour in Wales32

1792.Studio in Hand Court32

1794.First engraving from Turner published32

1793 or 1797.First exhibits in oil34

1794.Noticed by the Press34

1797.Tour in the North of England40

1799.Elected A.R.A.39

1799.Removes to Harley Street75

1800.Visits Scotland53

1801 or 1802.First Tour on Continent53

1802.Elected R.A.39

1804.Second Tour on Continent76

1805.Paints The Shipwreck50

1807.Commences “Liber Studiorum”55

1808.Professor of Perspective—Takes House at Hammersmith75

1811.Exhibits Apollo and the Python67

1811 or 1812.Visits Devonshire79

1812.Town address changed to Queen Anne Street75

1814.Goes to Twickenham75

1814.Commences Southern Coast84

1815.Exhibits Crossing the Brook and Dido Building Carthage93

1819.First visit to Italy92

1823.“History of Richmondshire” published94

1824.“Rivers of England” published94

1823.Exhibits Bay of Baiæ97

1826.Leaves Twickenham101

1827.Quarrels with Cooke101

1827.“England and Wales” commenced104

1828.Visits Rome109

1829.Exhibits Ulysses deriding Polyphemus107

1830.Death of his Father111

1830.Illustrations to Rogers’s “Italy” published113

1831.Makes his Will112

1833.Exhibits first Venetian Picture114

1833.“Rivers of France” commenced115

1839.Exhibits Fighting Téméraire118

1843.Publication of “Modern Painters”124

1851.Death134

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

The Fighting Temeraire=> The Fighting Téméraire {pg 1}

Similiar stories could=> Similar stories could {pg 22}

Glacier and Source of the Arveron=> Glacier and Source of the Arvèron {pg 53}

Yours must truly,=> Yours most truly, {pg 110}

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