Chapter 25: The Only Painting Ever
Turner’s signature on the Ehrenbreitstein
“J.C. Robinson—a brilliant connoisseur, whose purchases laid the foundations of richness.” Sir Oliver Millar’s assessment of the Surveyor who once owned the painting.
Robinson had served as Surveyor of the Royal Collection. He had redirected the V&A’s collecting priorities. He had acquired Michelangelo drawings for the British Museum.
And he had owned Shipwreck, the Rescue. The provenance was impeccable.
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