Introduction: Squall at St Vincent's Rock, Bristol: Evidence that this picture was painted by JMW Turner or someone working closely with him

Squall at St Vincent's Rock, Bristol

Evidence that this picture was painted by JMW Turner or someone working closely with him

1. The Conduct of This Investigation

• Facts and Evidence
  This investigation, to identify 'Squall at St Vincent's Rock, Bristol' is based wholly on facts and evidence. We accept, as did its second owner, the Bishop of Tasmania, that the picture does not display Turner's later qualities.
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• Belief and Imagination
  If your connoisseurship relies on belief and imagination please identify this picture and e-mail your result. Please remember to include an explanation of how 'Squall at St. Vincent's Rock, Bristol' includes an identical rock complex to D00389 albeit from the opposite viewpoint.

2 Summary of facts and evidence presented so far

• The location of the scene depicted in the oil on canvas here called 'Squall at St. Vincent's Rock, Bristol' is identified by reference to and reversal of the image of a rock-complex in JMW Turner's watercolour D00389 held at the Tate Gallery. Many thousands of images across hundreds of artists and many different sources were examined. Some similarities were found but only one drawing, Tate D00389, included an identical rock complex albeit from the opposite viewpoint.(key statement)
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• The rock-complex in D00389 is JMW Turner's invention - the rock-complex never existed. (key statement)
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• Early JMW Turner oils were stylistically and methodologically unrecognizable as his work based on experience of his later work. (key statement)