5 Comments on Gurney Journey: Turner's Small Watercolor Kits

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  on October 15, 2021 | 18:55 Blitz55said :
  "I just purchased a couple of books on Turner's sketches. I just really enjoy learning about the guy and his stunning work. "
  Comment #1
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  on October 16, 2021 | 08:31 Susan Krzywickisaid :
  "Are the cakes just stuck on to the leather? It doesn't look like they are in pans. Do they know what colors they consisted of?
  
  How cool. "
  Comment #2
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  on October 16, 2021 | 20:30 MK Buikesaid :
  "This is fantastic! I found that image of the leather travel palette a few years ago when I was researching 1850's watercolor travel kit for my interpretation at a local living history Fort!
  
  I briefly corresponded with a guy who knew a guy who had seen it in person and drawn up a pattern. I was going to make it but never got around to it.
  
  I had a tin palette made in the 1850's style and gathered a fairly convincing kit. Enough so that the curator approved my interpretation. Cathy Johnson's book was an immense help.
  
  https://redharparts.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/fort-kit-finished/
  
  Kate B.
  @redharparts
  
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  Comment #3
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  on November 02, 2021 | 14:44 Codysaid :
  "I couldn't find anything on the Tate's website or the other link. Do we know if Turner had some kind of travel brush to go with his leather paint wallet? "
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  on November 02, 2021 | 16:56 MK Buikesaid :
  "Cody, I don't have the link(s) now, but what I've seen on-line in mid-19th century watercolor boxes are full length brushes as I have in my kit. Not a travel brush as we would think of them...in two parts where the brush can be placed inside the barrel. "
  Comment #5