“Lêt Trnr – Pêntñ Set Fri z ɖ frst xibišn dvotd t ɖ xtrōdnri wrc J.M.W. Trnr crietd btwn 1835 n hiz deʈ in 1851. Brññ tgɖr spectaklr wrcs fṛm ɖ YC n abrwd, ɖs xibišn seḷbrets Trnr’z astonišñ crietv flârñ in ɖz lêtr yirz ẇn h pṛdyst mni v hiz fînist picčrz bt wz olso contṛvršl n unjustli msundrstd.
Hîlîts v ɖ xibišn includ sč impwtnt picčrz az Ênčnt Rôm; Agripīna Landñ wɖ ɖ Ašz v Jrmanic̣s n Modn Rôm – Campo Vačino, rerli riynîtd sns frst xibitd tgɖr in 1839; Ɖ Recboi 1849; n magnifisnt wōtrculrz lîc Hîdlbrg: Sunset c.1840 n ɖ sldm-sīn Bambra Casl, Nwʈumbrḷnd c.1837.
Ɖ šo olso brñz tgɖr mêjr siriz v wrcs, includñ a grūp v unyžl sqr picčrz, castñ a lît on Trnr’z iṇvtv tecnīcs. Nyli îdntifîd wōtrculrz v a fîr at ɖ Târ v Lundn in 1841 r šôn wɖ ɖ spectaklr pêntñ Brnñ v ɖ Hâzz v Lwdz n Comnz 1835 n ɖ xibišn cncludz wɖ Trnr’z last xibitd picčrz fṛm 1850, dpictñ ɖ clasicl luvrz Dîdo n Aniys. It z a paṇramic srve v a bântifl n significnt pirı̣d v xpšnl eṇji n vigr, mntend dspt fêlñ helʈ.
Bî têcñ a freš lc at Trnr’z lêt wrcs, ɖ xibišn šedz ny lît on hiz lîf n āt. Čalinjñ ɖ miʈs, asumšnz n intrpṛtešnz ɖt hv groun arnd hiz lêtr wrc, it rvilz a pêntr az dstnĝšt bî ɖ brwd scôp v hiz nolij n imajinešn az h wz bî hiz radicl n xploṛtri tecnīcs, prôsesz n ys v mtirı̣lz. Az mč az h brwt rnyd eṇji t ɖ xpḷrešn v ɖ sošl, tecṇlojicl n sȧntific dveḷpmnts v modn lîf, in sč îconz v ɖ mšinêj az Rên, Stīm, n Spīd – Ɖ Grt Westn Rêlwe 1844, h rmend az dīpli ingejd wɖ ɖ rlijs, historicl or miʈ̇lojicl ʈīmz ɖt lnct hm t ɖ culčṛl tṛdišnz v hiz ira.
Jon Ruscin’z dscripšn v Trnr az ɖ grtst v ɖ êj z brwt t lîf amñst ɖ mni lj-scêl ýlpêntñz, drōñz, prints n wōtrculrz on dsple at Lêt Trnr – Pêntñ Set Fri, an unmisbl xibišn ɖt wl rīdifîn îdiyz v wn v Britn’z grtst n bst-luvd pêntrz.
Kretd bî Sam Smîlz, Pṛfesr v Āthistri n Vižl Culčr, Xitr Ynivrṣti, wɖ Dêvid Blêni Brân, Mantn Kretr v Britiš Āt 1790–1850, Têt Britn, n Êmi Cncann, Asistnt Kretr 1790–1850, Têt Britn.”
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