ordered the contest to be decided by Paris, the son of Priam, who awarded the apple to Venus. This judgment of Paris was not only the cause of the destruction of Troy, but of countless misfortunes also to the Greeks. The Goddess of Discord is on the right in the act of receiving the golden apple (or orange) from one of the Hesperides. The dragon is seen lying along the summit of a lofty rock, in the middle distance. Engraved by T. A. Prior. On canvas, 4 ft. 11 in, h. by 7 ft. w. Exhibited at the British Institution, in 1806. TURNER COL LECTION. No. 478. THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP. A butcher disputing with a country blacksmith on the price of iron and the charge made for shoeing his pony.* Engraved by C. W. Sharpe. On wood, 1 ft. 10 in. h. by 2 ft. 6 in. w. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1807. Repurchased by the painter at Lord de Tabley's sale in 1827. TURNER COL LECTION. No. 479. THE SUN RISING IN A MIST. Fishing boats arriving and unloading, fishermen cleaning and selling fish; guardship in the distance, tide low. On canvas, 4 ft. 4 in. h. by 5 ft. 10 in. w. Engraved by J. C. Armytage. This picture and the "Dido building Carthage," were bequeathed by Turner to the National Gallery, on condition that they should be hung between two Claudes, now placed by their side. The "Sun rise" was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1807, and was exchanged with Sir John F. Leicester, for the "Shipwreck," No. 476, and was repurchased by Turner, at the De Tabley sale in 1827. TURNER COLLECTION. No. 480. THE DEATH OF NELSON, October the 21st, 1805, at the battle of Trafalgar, on board the "Victory. * This picture, so different from Turner's usual works, is said to have been painted in consequence of the very great praise awarded to Wilkie's Village Politicians, exhibited at the Academy the previous year, 1806. The battle is represented as seen from the mizen starboard shrouds of the "Victory." To the right is the "Redoutable," beyond which is the "Temeraire," &c. Nelson has just fallen, and has been carried down from the quarter-deck, having been struck by a musket shot fired from a mast of the "Redoutable," about half-past one, in the heat of the action; he was carried below and died in the course of the afternoon, in his 48th year. Engraved by J. B. Allen. 7 ft. 10 in. w. On canvas, 5 ft. 8 in. h. by Exhibited at the British Institution, in 1808. TURNER COL LECTION. No. 481. SPITHEAD: BOAT'S CREW RECOVERING AN ANCHOR. Various men-of-war lying anchored in the roadstead, others bearing up for anchorage; a fresh breeze blowing. Engraved by W. Miller. On canvas, 5 ft. 7 in. h. by 7 ft. 8 in. w. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1809. TURNER COL LECTION. No. 482. THE GARRETEER'S PETITION. In quick succession, animate my soul; Descend my Muse, and every thought refine, And finish well my long, my long-sought line." A poet at work in his attic, consuming the "midnight oil." On his wall are pasted a plan of Parnassus, and a table of fasts. On wood, 1 ft. 9 in. h. by 2 ft. 6 in. w. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1809. TURNER COLLECTION. No. 483. LONDON FROM GREENWICH; the Hospital and Park in the fore-ground; a view of the Thames and of London in the distance; the wind blowing from the south-west. Engraved for the Liber Studiorum. On canvas, 2 ft. 10 in. h. 3 ft. 10 in. w. Painted in 1809. Formerly in the possession of Mr. Fawkes of Farnley; ex changed by the painter. TURNER COLLECTION, No. 484. ST. MAWES, FALMOUTH HARBOUR, CORNWALL. The small castle on the hill was built by Henry VIII. Pendennis Castle is seen in the distance. Engraved by W. Kernot. On canvas, 3 ft. h. by 4 ft. w. TURNER COLLECTION. No. 485. ABINGDON, BERKSHIRE, with a view of the Thames; morning. On canvas, 3 ft. 3 in. h., by 4 ft. 2 in. w. Cousen. Painted about 1810. TURNER COLLECTION. Engraved by C. No. 486. WINDSOR, a view of the castle in the distance; a meadow with figures and cattle in the foreground. On canvas, 3 ft. 3 in. h. by 4 ft. 2 in. w. No. 488. APOLLO KILLING THE PYTHON. "Envenom'd by thy darts, the monster coil'd, Callimachus. The Python was a dragon which lived at Crissa, the vicinity of Delphi, and committed great havoc among cattle and the inhabitants. The Pythian games there celebrated were established in commemoration of the destruction of the Python by Apollo. Engraved by L. Stocks, R.A. On canvas, 4 ft. 10 in. h. by 7 ft. 10 in. w. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1811. TURNER COLLECTION. No. 489. COTTAGE DESTROYED BY AN AVALANCHE. A snow-storm in the Alps; an overwhelming avalanche of ice and snow has fallen upon, crushed, and scattered in fragments a small mountain cottage; the only thing nimble enough to escape the headlong destruction is a scared cat, which is springing from among the ruins to the right. On canvas, 2 ft. 11 in. h. by 3 ft. 11 in. w. No. 490. SNOWSTORM, HANNIBAL AND HIS ARMY CROSSING THE ALPS. A lurid sun is seen through the storm of snow, in which the Carthaginian army is threatened to be overwhelmed. 66 Craft, treachery, and fraud,-Salassian force Fallacies of Hope.* The pillage of Saguntum, in Spain, referred to in the extract above, took place in 219 B.C. In the following year Hannibal is said to have set out with a large army for the conquest of Italy. He ascended the valley of the Isere to the Graian Alps, passed over the little St. Bernard, and descended by the Dora Baltea; the actual passage of the Alps occupying fifteen days, and in which Hannibal lost 30,000 foot and 3,000 horse. He, however, defeated P. Cornelius Scipio on the banks of the Ticino; recruited his army, marched to the south, and gained the great victory of Cannæ in 216 B.C. He maintained himself in Italy altogether for fifteen years, until 203 B.C., when he was recalled to Carthage.† Engraved by J. Cousen. On canvas, 4 ft. 9 in. h. by 7 ft. 9 in. w. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1812. TURNER COLLECTION. * This and other quotations from the Fallacies of Hope are lines written by Turner himself, in explanation of the subjects of his pictures. † See Hampton's Polybius, III., 5; De Luc, Histoire du Passage des Alps par Annibal, 1825. No. 491. HARVEST DINNER, KINGSTON BANK. On canvas, 2 ft. 11 in. h. by 3 ft. 11 in. w. No. 492. A FROSTY MORNING; SUNRISE. "The rigid hoar-frost melts before his beam." Thomson's Seasons. The Men with a two-horse cart at work by the roadside; the stage coach approaching from the distance. On canvas, 3 ft. 9 in. h. by 5 ft. 9 in. w. Engraved by R. Brandard. Under glass. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1813. TURNER COLLECTION. No. 493. THE DELUGE. "Meanwhile the south wind rose, and with black wings Wide hovering, all the clouds together drove From under heaven the thicken'd sky. Like a dark ceiling stood, down rushed the rain Impetuous, and continued till the earth No more was seen." Milton's Paradise Lost. Engraved by J. B. Quilley. On canvas, 4 ft. 9 in. h. by 7 ft. 9 in. w. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1813. TURNER COLLECTION. No. 494. DIDO AND ENEAS LEAVING CARTHAGE ON THE MORNING OF THE CHASE. "When next the sun his rising light displays, And gilds the world below with purple rays, The Queen, Æneas, and the Tyrian Court Shall to the shady woods, for sylvan game resort." Dryden's Eneid, B. IV. Carthage is seen in the back-ground; and in the front is the Court in long procession, prepared for the chase. Engraved by W. R. Smith; and by J. T. Willmore, A.R.A., for "the Turner Gallery." On canvas, 4 ft. 10 in. h. by 7 ft. 11 in. w. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1814. TURNER COL LECTION. |