PART EIGHT (1846-1851)

THE YEARS OF DECLINE AND THE END

LII. 1846 (aged 71). The Beginning of Turner's Decline, and a 'Grey, dim Drawing'

LIII. 1847, 1848, 1849 (aged 72 to 74). He disappears from his old Haunts, and is interested in Optics and Photography

LIV. 1850 (aged 75). His last four pictures painted in hiding at Chelsea

LV. 1851 (aged 76). The Mystery of the Last Years of his Life revealed to his Friends, and his Death