Eric Shanes is one of the world's leading authorities on Turner, and in this book he brings together over forty years experience of working on the artist. The following was written of the first edition of this book:"Eric Shanes's Turner offers, as we should expect from the editor of Turner Studies, an unusually rich and stimulating read, incorporating as it does the results of much recent research."

The Life

The Masterworks

Turner and his Critics

Selected Bibliography

Chronology

List of Plates