After Joseph Mallord William Turner, Havre published 1834
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Turner's views of French rivers were published as three volumes of engravings during the 1830s. The earliest edition focused on the Loire, and the two later ones on the Seine. The popular writer, Leitch Ritchie, who specialised in travel and romance, provided accompanying text.
Turner planned further volumes on European rivers, such as the Danube and the Rhine. However, the project ended after 1835, largely because the market was flooded with travel books (including others by Turner). Nonetheless, Turner's designs were extremely popular. Rival publishers, in England and France, even produced pirated versions of a number of Loire images.
September 2004
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