Excerpt from Turner and Girtin's Picturesque Views of English, Scotch, and Welsh Scenery: A Hundred Years Ago When Cooke, the engraver, was bringing out his work of the Rivers Of England, Turner heard that he intended to introduce some plates after Girtin's drawing, and the following colloquy took place between themz - Turner: So you intend to put in some of Girtin's views? Cooke: Yes. Turner: Humph! Who will you get to touch them (tie, the proofs for the engraver to give the proper effect in translating colour into black and white.) Cooke: You. Turner: I shan't. Cooke: 0h! Mr. Turner. Turner: I tell you, I shan't. Cooke: But your long acquaintance with Girtin I Turner: I tell you, I shan't. And so Cooke left him. A few days after, Cooke saw him again, when Turner began with Well, Cooke, I've thought that matter over, and I'll touch the plates for Poor Tom. Poor Tom! Ah! Said Cooke, I thought you would. Yes; I'll touch them for Poor Tom. Poor Tom and he continued repeating the words, Poor Tom, as if to him self. Cooke took the proofs to him, and he worked upon them for a long time, bestowing great care, and making them, as Cooke said, quite his own and, at last, after holding them individually at arm's length, throwing them on the floor, turning them upside down, and flinging them in every direction, he said There, poor Tom! That will do. Poor Tom and Cooke was about to take the impressions away, when Turner, clapping his arm upon them, exclaimed Stop! You must pay me two guineas a piece first. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.