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J.M.W.Turner, R.A., Publications Prices at 1 January 2003 J.M.W.Turner,
R.A. A journal, appearing
irregularly, devoted to Turner’s international place in the arts, to John Ruskin, and
to the support of the Committee for the Instatement of Turner’s Gallery. Edited by Selby
Whittingham and Robert Walmsley. No.1. 19 December 1988. 86 pages.
£12.00 No.2. 19 December 1993. 230 pages. £20.00 An
Historical Account of the Will of J.M.W.Turner, R.A. By Selby Whittingham. 2nd edition,
1993-6, in 5 fascicules, 415 pages. ISBN 1
874564 01 9. £40.00 1. Text
£12; 2-5. Documents: 2. The Will, £8; 3. In the Courts, £8; 4. In Parliament, £8; 5. The Lords Committee, £8. The
Fallacy of Mediocrity: The Need for a Proper
Turner Gallery December 1992. In 3-4 fascicules.
ISBN 1 874564 00
0. 1. Text, 208
pages, £18.00; 2-4.
Appendices, Series 1-3: 2. Appendices 1, 82 pages, £9.00; 3. Appendices 2,
146 pages,
£14.00; 4. Appendices 3, forthcoming. Ruskin as Turner’s Executor By Selby Whittingham. Essay and documents. 8 February 1995.
70 pages. ISBN 1 874564 22 1. £9.00. Turner
Exhibited 1856-61 By Selby Whittingham. Critiques of the Turner
Bequest pictures, 1856-61. 8 February 1995. 78 pages. ISBN
1 874564 07 8. £9.00. The
World Directory of Artists’ Museums By Selby Whittingham. Lists some 500 museums,
houses, monuments, libraries, including those which no longer exist. 10 January 1995. 148 pages. ISBN
1 874564 02 7. £12.00 (New edition in preparation). Of
Geese, Mallards and Drakes: Some Notes on Turner’s Family. By Selby Whittingham,
with contributions from others. In 4 parts, 1993-9. New editions of
1 and 2 in preparation. Parts
1-3 £14.00 each. Part 4 £27.00. 1. The
Danbys. May 1993. 138 pages.
ISBN 1 874564 27 2. 2. The
Turners of Devon, 23 April 1995. 134
pages. ISBN 1 874564 32 9. 3. Mrs
Booth of Margate, 14 September 1996, 144 pages.
ISBN 1
874564 42 6. 4. The
Marshalls & Harpurs, October 1999, 290 pages, in 2 fascicules. ISBN 1 874564 37 X. Turner
Walks By Selby Whittingham. Series 1, first published by Tibor Gönye, April 1997. A5. £3.50 each, £10.00 for 4. Most out of print.
1. Kensington,
17 pages, ISBN 1 874564 47.7. 2. Chelsea,
9 pages, ISBN 1 874564 52 3. 3.
Covent Garden &
Bloomsbury, 17 pages, ISBN 1 874564
57 4. 4. Mayfair
and St James’s, 21 pages, ISBN 1 874564 62.0. Series 2, published 1999, illustrated, A5,
£3.50 each or £10.00 for 4. 5.
Marylebone, ISBN 1 874564
67 1. 6. The
City (South-East), ISBN 1 874564 72 8. 7. Clerkenwell
and Smithfield, ISBN 1 874564 77 9. 8. Islington. ISBN 1 874564 82 5. Series 3, forthcoming, A4. £9 each. 9. Southwark & Bermondsey. 10. Oxford & District. 11. Tonbridge & District. Ruskin’s
Guide to the Turners in the Clore Gallery Edited by Robert Walmsley
and Selby Whittingham. ISBN 1 874564 12 4. Out of print.
Any new edition will depend on the future of the Clore Gallery. Prices include postage. Those
not paying in sterling should add £7.00 to cover cost of conversion. J.M.W.Turner,
R.A., Turner House, 153 Cromwell Road,
London SW5 OTQ, Great
Britain. Some Opinions on J.M.W.Turner, R.A.,
Publications J.M.W.Turner, R.A. “You won’t find
a chunkier or more combative Christmas read than ‘J.M.W.Turner,R.A.’” (Maev
Kennedy, Diary, The Guardian). “I think it is very
desirable that your opinions and arguments should be made available to our readers.”
(The Librarian of the Tate Gallery, London). “It is very well put
together and crammed with new information ... It’s refreshing to find an academic
journal that speaks out.” (John Lewis
Bradley, Emeritus Professor of English,
Universities of Durham and Maryland) An
Historical Account of the Will of J.M.W.Turner, R.A. “It is an extremely
complicated story but you have managed with careful detail to make it lucid even to the
non-specialist. And on your main conclusions
I find myself very much in agreement.” (Professor
Norman Gash, FBA, FRSL, Emeritus Professor of History, University of St Andrews). “Your masterly work
about Turner’s will.” (Leolin
Price, CBE, QC). “A masterly work
indeed.” (Alec Samuels, JP, Barrister,
former Reader in Law, University of Southampton). “A brilliant piece
of work.” (Kenneth Hudson, OBE, FSA,
Director of the European Museum Forum). The
Fallacy of Mediocrity: The Need for a Proper
Turner Gallery “Your marshalling of
evidence is totally convincing - the disaster of the Clore Gallery, the endless ‘economies
with the truth’ from scholars & directors who should know better & the total
total inactivity of the Trustees to look into it - always leaving the room saying ‘Oh
we leave it to the Director.’ What are
they for?” (Sir Hugh Casson, CH,
KCVO, Past President of the Royal Academy of Arts). “So scholarly and
encyclopedic an investigation ... should be permanently on sale in the Tate Gallery ... Your polemic [is] wholly justified ... It was ... necessary that it should be
written.” (Brian Sewell, art critic of
the Evening
Standard). “Like my father
[Lord Clark of Saltwood, OM], I am entirely persuaded by your case.” (Rt.Hon. Alan Clark, MP). Of
Geese, Mallards and Drakes: Some Notes on
Turner’s Family “I am enormously
impressed by the dedication and care you are giving to unravelling so many strands of
Turner’s life. Scholars in the future
will be profoundly indebted to you.” (Revd.
Anthony Symondson, SJ, architectural historian and descendant of Sarah Danby). Lastly - “The riddle of the
man [Turner] should be read by the key of this munificent testament ... The
treatment of the works of which he has made the nation his heirs is nothing less than a
matter of national import.” (Tom
Taylor, art critic of The Times and sometime Editor of Punch,
writing in 1856) selbywhittingham@hotmail.com. London 11.01.03
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