摘要：

1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 51.1 Foundation ......................................................................................................... 51.2 Asgrimur Jonsson .............................................................................................. 6 2 The foundation of a watercolourist‟s career ............................................................. 82.1 Where paths cross .............................................................................................. 8 3 The foundations of watercolour painting................................................................ 133.1. The legacy........................................................................................................ 133.2. The materials.................................................................................................... 133.3 "Technical skill is mastery of complexity..."................................................... 15 4 The connections...................................................................................................... 214.1 The British tradition......................................................................................... 214.2 William Gershom Collingwood....................................................................... 224.3 John MacWhirter, R.A..................................................................................... 244.4 Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. ............................................................. 26 5 Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 32 6 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................ 33 7 Bibliography ........................................................................................................... 34 8 Appendix 1: Glyptotek, 1908 ................................................................................. 36 9 Appendix 2: Five letters and a postcard ................................................................. 38 10 Figures in the text ................................................................................................... 40

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