. Reviewing Ruskin's The Elements of Drawing, in which Turner's painting is discussed at length, he found numerous deviations from reality in Turner's composition. Mifflin felt compelled to write Ruskin. Among his vast academic credentials, John Ruskin was an expert on Turner. He personally owned several of

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