‘Prince of the rocks’: JMW Turner’s gorge paintings go on show in Bristol
by Steven Morris from World news | The Guardian on (#709RM)
Exhibition featuring fragile and rarely seen watercolours explores artist's jaunts in and around Avon Gorge
He was so keen on clambering around the craggy cliffs of the Avon Gorge as a teenager that he was nicknamed prince of the rocks".
An exhibition featuring rarely seen JMW Turner watercolours inspired by his nimble explorations of the gorge is opening at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. They are so fragile that they are rarely brought out of careful storage and may not be seen again for a while.
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