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6-3/4 x 9-1/4 in.
Accession NumberBequest of Kurt F. Pantzer
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
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William Ward's copying of Turner's watercolors in the Turner Bequest at the National Gallery was encouraged and sponsored beginning in 1858 by John Ruskin, England's greatest Turner authority. To Ruskin, copying was the only way to fully understand the deceased master's work.
By constant copying, Ward went beyond learning from Turner's example to generating an income for himself. Original Turner watercolors were scarce and expensive, but collectors of modest means could afford a Ward facsimile. Ruskin encouraged this occupation and personally annotated Ward's copies so that they would not be confused with the originals.
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