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J.M.W. Turner and the subject of history

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Introduction -- "A great and dreadful sea-fight" : the Battle of Trafalgar (1806-8) and the end of contemporary history painting -- "The conception of a swamp'd world" : destruction and creation in painting/history -- "This cross-fire of colours" : Turner and the varnishing days -- "In Venice now" : history, nature, and the body of the subject -- The slave ship : painting/abolition/history -- Conclusion.

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    Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, c2012

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    • 9780754669227
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