UNDER THE PATRONAGE, AND DEDICATED WITH PERMISSION TO
HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY GEORGE THE FOURTH.

PORTS OF ENGLAND,
FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE WORK,

BY
J. M. W. TURNER, EsQ. R. A.

TO BE ENGRAVED IN HIGHLY-FINISHED MEZZOTINTO BY
THOMAS LUPTON.

SIZE OF THE PLATES, 9 inches by 6½—and to be printed on small folio.

PRICE OF THE WORK.—Prints, 8s. 6d.—Proofs, 12s. 6d.—Proofs on India Paper, 14s.

NOTWITHSTANDING the many splendid and useful publications undertaken by various persons within the last twenty years, it appears somewhat extraordinary that in a maritime nation like England, immeasurably indebted to her naval achievements for opulence and glory, a subject so deeply interesting and so intimately connected with her general history as a Series of Views illustrative of her several Sea Ports and Harbours, should have been to this period neglected.

A work of this kind (hitherto unattempted on an extended scale) comprising all the licensed and chartered ports of the country, has been long in preparation, and is now proposed to be published in Numbers, the first of which will appear on the first of May next, and will contain Two Views, to be delivered in the order of subscription: Twelve Numbers to form a Volume. At the completion of each volume will be published in handsome letterpress (detached) an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Ports up to the present Time; the whole forming a complete Graphic and Historical Illustration of the British Ports.

As the greatest care and attention will be given to the execution of this work, it is determined not to endanger its excellence by a rigid compliance with a fixed period of publication: the intervals between the production of each number will, however, be as short as the requisite attention to the work will allow.

When it is considered how many pleasing associations—how many recollections dear to the well-founded national pride and best feelings of Englishmen arise even involuntarily on contemplating such subjects—the almost countless host of Naval heroes who with well-omened hope have embarked from these ports and have returned to them in glorious triumph, shedding immortal lustre on their country—the magnificence and national importance of the ports themselves, and their immense superiority over those of other nations—it is impossible for the Artist to feel otherwise than confident of the patronage of a discerning public.

LONDON :

PUBLISHED (MAY 1826) BY THOMAS LUPTON, 7, LEIGH-STREET, BURTON-CRESCENT.

BY
J. M. W. TURNER, Esq. R. A.

LONDON :

(These charts are for monitor calibration only)

Yale Center for British Art, 2013