A NEW booklet has been published retracing the steps of one of England's most distinguished painters on a visit to Lancashire nearly 200 years ago.
'Mr Turner's Sketching Tour' by well-known Morecambe historian and tour guide Peter Wade, outlines J M W Turner's 1816 journey to the Lune Valley to sketch illustrations in preparation for a book entitled The History of Richmondshire by the then rector of Hey-sham, the Rev T D Whitaker.
It sets out the background to the views that Turner sketched and looks at the sites today.
Copies are £1.80 from Heysham Heritage Centre, Morecambe Tourist Information Centre, Morecambe Library or Lancaster City Museum.
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