1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Everyone is intimidated by a shark. Become a Card Shark AMERICASCARDROOM.COM 2 00:02:07,643 --> 00:02:10,317 Do you know what he said to me last time? 3 00:02:10,416 --> 00:02:13,192 I said to him, "Are you the jolliest at home?" 4 00:02:13,292 --> 00:02:17,400 And he said, "Yes, except for the door knob because that gives everyone a handshake." 5 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:16,724 Oi! 6 00:05:38,249 --> 00:05:42,067 Aye, aye, me damsel. 7 00:05:42,166 --> 00:05:43,932 Welcome home, Mr Billy. 8 00:05:47,750 --> 00:05:50,109 - We've been worried to death about you. - For why? 9 00:05:50,208 --> 00:05:51,817 On account of that explosion. 10 00:05:51,917 --> 00:05:54,191 - What was that? - At Ostend. 11 00:05:54,291 --> 00:05:57,483 Oh, yes. I heard tell of that at Antwerp. 12 00:05:57,583 --> 00:05:58,932 Dreadful. 13 00:05:59,291 --> 00:06:00,358 Dirty linen. 14 00:06:00,458 --> 00:06:02,817 Mr William's been getting in a stew about it. 15 00:06:02,917 --> 00:06:06,109 - Is he out and about his business? - That he is. 16 00:06:38,333 --> 00:06:40,608 You faring well? 17 00:06:40,708 --> 00:06:42,223 Thank you. 18 00:06:47,208 --> 00:06:50,191 - How was your journey home? - It was execrable. 19 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:18,149 You in need of anything else? 20 00:07:18,249 --> 00:07:19,557 Tea? 21 00:07:47,416 --> 00:07:51,441 - Good morning, Signor Grande. - Mr Turner! Buongiorno. 22 00:07:51,541 --> 00:07:53,521 - Joshua. - Morning, sir. 23 00:07:53,621 --> 00:07:56,817 - We have damn rats. - No shortage of them in this city. 24 00:07:56,917 --> 00:08:00,441 Wretched things! It's an epidemic. 25 00:08:00,541 --> 00:08:03,233 - What can I do for you today? - Well, let me see. 26 00:08:03,333 --> 00:08:06,108 - He is back? - We are expecting him any day now. 27 00:08:06,208 --> 00:08:08,567 Bravo! The prodigal son. 28 00:08:08,667 --> 00:08:11,858 - Pronti. What do we need? - An ounce of chrome yellow. 29 00:08:11,958 --> 00:08:14,066 - Chrome yellow, Joshua. - Chrome yellow, sir. 30 00:08:14,166 --> 00:08:16,849 - A large packet of flake white. - Flake white. 31 00:08:17,667 --> 00:08:20,316 What is your price for a bladder of ultramarine? 32 00:08:20,416 --> 00:08:22,233 My price is the best price. 33 00:08:22,333 --> 00:08:24,483 And what might that price be? 34 00:08:24,583 --> 00:08:29,066 Blue ultramarine is coming from far, far away: Afghanistan. 35 00:08:29,166 --> 00:08:32,567 - What else do you need? - Bottle of poppy oil, some Indian red. 36 00:08:32,667 --> 00:08:35,098 - Poppy oil, Joshua. - Yes, sir. 37 00:09:09,583 --> 00:09:11,983 There's your prize porker. 38 00:09:12,083 --> 00:09:14,024 Is he handsome? 39 00:09:14,124 --> 00:09:16,640 He has a big smile on his face. 40 00:09:17,875 --> 00:09:20,817 - You're making the sauce? - It's all but done, save the brains. 41 00:09:20,917 --> 00:09:23,941 Good. Oh... dearie me! 42 00:09:24,041 --> 00:09:28,108 - Will you take a dish of tea, Mr William? - Oh, thank ye, Hannah. 43 00:09:28,208 --> 00:09:31,149 Shall you be putting those chattels away? I should. 44 00:09:31,249 --> 00:09:32,941 - Best do it now. - Yes. 45 00:09:33,041 --> 00:09:36,140 Then I can rest me weary legs. 46 00:09:54,750 --> 00:09:57,724 You're home, Billy boy! 47 00:10:00,583 --> 00:10:03,108 Hey, Daddy! 48 00:10:04,541 --> 00:10:06,441 I thought you was exploded. 49 00:10:06,541 --> 00:10:09,275 I been down on my knees and praying you was safe. 50 00:10:09,375 --> 00:10:12,441 Well, you been chafing your old pedestals for naught, Daddy. 51 00:10:12,541 --> 00:10:13,858 I was a hundred miles distant. 52 00:10:13,957 --> 00:10:15,899 - Oh, you heard tell of it, then? - I did indeed. 53 00:10:15,999 --> 00:10:19,441 Terrible, they pour souls as perished, two score or more. 54 00:10:19,541 --> 00:10:22,692 Took a few brave soldiers with it an' all. 55 00:10:22,792 --> 00:10:26,358 I was vexed to learn you been entertaining concerns, old Dadda. 56 00:10:26,458 --> 00:10:28,515 'Twas only natural. 57 00:10:29,708 --> 00:10:31,858 Oh, Daddy! 58 00:10:31,957 --> 00:10:33,650 How was your crossing? 59 00:10:33,750 --> 00:10:37,024 Set fair on departure, lumpy in the middle. 60 00:10:37,124 --> 00:10:40,066 - Did you sail from Rotterdam? - No, Dieppe. 61 00:10:41,750 --> 00:10:44,650 Night coach from Brighton proved to be an heinous travail. 62 00:10:44,750 --> 00:10:45,692 How so? 63 00:10:45,792 --> 00:10:48,525 It was stuffed full of yacking and cackling females. 64 00:10:48,625 --> 00:10:52,400 Pox-ridden harridan as broad in the beam as the old Victory at Trafalgar. 65 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:57,191 - Were your travels productive? - Exceeding refreshing, old Daddy. 66 00:10:57,291 --> 00:10:58,733 Yeah, Amsterdam. 67 00:10:58,833 --> 00:11:01,316 Had a gander at the Rembrandt. 68 00:11:01,416 --> 00:11:03,983 Militia Company, Antwerp Cathedral. 69 00:11:04,083 --> 00:11:05,899 Rubens, the triptych. 70 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:08,400 Flanders, still as flat as a witch's tit. 71 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:11,973 Thank you, Hannah. You sly girl. 72 00:11:13,458 --> 00:11:15,733 Did you find tolerable diggings? 73 00:11:15,832 --> 00:11:18,941 Stinking flea pit at Dieppe, then moved to the harbour. 74 00:11:19,041 --> 00:11:21,650 Westerly aspect, fine sunset. 75 00:11:21,750 --> 00:11:24,483 Oh, Daddy, I'm in need of an eight-by-six. 76 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:29,441 I have a seven by five-and-a-half ready sized and primed. 77 00:11:29,541 --> 00:11:32,233 - That should suit. - Right you be. 78 00:11:32,333 --> 00:11:35,191 More's to the point, how you been faring? 79 00:11:35,291 --> 00:11:36,899 In good health, thank the Lord. 80 00:11:36,999 --> 00:11:39,275 - Bronchioles still rattling? - No. 81 00:11:39,375 --> 00:11:41,692 He was wheezing last week. 82 00:11:41,792 --> 00:11:45,275 October ain't quite come round the corner yet, has it? 83 00:11:45,375 --> 00:11:47,149 I've been over to Grande's. 84 00:11:48,416 --> 00:11:50,692 Ultramarine's gone up to a guinea a bladder. 85 00:11:50,791 --> 00:11:52,108 Gawd's truth! 86 00:11:52,208 --> 00:11:54,265 That brigand still robbing us, is he? 87 00:11:55,458 --> 00:12:00,275 - You're in need of a shave. - Yeah, well, be that as it may, Daddy. 88 00:12:00,375 --> 00:12:04,557 Presently I'm gonna throw myself into the arms of Morpheus. 89 00:12:47,541 --> 00:12:48,848 No! 90 00:12:59,375 --> 00:13:02,233 I took a trip down west, Exeter, last week. 91 00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:07,483 - How fares the old uncle? - Bearing up, considering. 92 00:13:07,583 --> 00:13:11,400 - Considering what? - Well, his age, living alone. 93 00:13:16,458 --> 00:13:18,316 Here's the thing. 94 00:13:18,416 --> 00:13:21,265 He wants to arrange a family gathering. 95 00:13:39,291 --> 00:13:41,816 Will you take some more cheek? 96 00:13:41,916 --> 00:13:45,191 Yeah, cast us another morsel. 97 00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:48,108 Missing your button, Mr Billy. 98 00:14:03,791 --> 00:14:07,390 Be so kind as to enter the vestibule. 99 00:14:15,124 --> 00:14:18,223 The darkness is to a purpose. 100 00:14:18,957 --> 00:14:21,890 I shall return by and by. 101 00:14:48,666 --> 00:14:50,182 Madam. 102 00:14:51,999 --> 00:14:53,515 Gentlemen. 103 00:14:59,124 --> 00:15:00,723 Behold. 104 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:08,598 Three steps down. 105 00:15:19,124 --> 00:15:21,557 Pray, view at your leisure. 106 00:15:55,208 --> 00:15:57,400 - Good day to you, Hannah. - Good day to you, Aunt Sarah. 107 00:15:57,500 --> 00:15:59,983 - And how are you faring? - Very well, thank you. 108 00:16:00,083 --> 00:16:02,441 - Are you coming in? - I most certainly am. Is he at home? 109 00:16:02,540 --> 00:16:05,848 - He is. I'll tell him you're here. - I can inform him myself, thank you kindly. 110 00:16:08,333 --> 00:16:12,024 - Good day to you, sir. - And a very good day to you, Mrs D. 111 00:16:12,124 --> 00:16:14,358 And how do we find you on this fair morning? 112 00:16:14,458 --> 00:16:16,691 Exceedingly preoccupied, madam. 113 00:16:16,791 --> 00:16:19,358 'Twas ever thus. You've always been preoccupied. 114 00:16:19,458 --> 00:16:21,524 You're too preoccupied for your own good, sir. 115 00:16:21,624 --> 00:16:23,483 Nothing comes from nothing, madam. 116 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:26,056 And we have had nothing from you, sir. 117 00:16:27,791 --> 00:16:30,607 Evelina, Georgiana, come and greet your father. 118 00:16:30,707 --> 00:16:34,191 Good day, Father. May I present my child to you? 119 00:16:34,291 --> 00:16:36,483 - Your granddaughter. - Rosalie Adelaide. 120 00:16:36,582 --> 00:16:38,774 Your only surviving grandchild. 121 00:16:38,874 --> 00:16:41,149 Georgiana, cease your dithering! 122 00:16:41,249 --> 00:16:43,816 May I suggest, Mrs D, with the utmost respect, 123 00:16:43,916 --> 00:16:46,857 that you withdraw to the drawing room? 124 00:16:46,957 --> 00:16:49,941 Good day to you, Mrs Danby. Would you care to step this way? 125 00:16:50,041 --> 00:16:51,691 Good day to you, Mr Turner. 126 00:16:51,791 --> 00:16:53,566 And will you be gracing us with your presence 127 00:16:53,666 --> 00:16:55,691 in the withdrawing room, sir? 128 00:16:55,791 --> 00:16:58,816 I sincerely hope you will. And, pray, do not keep us waiting. 129 00:16:58,916 --> 00:17:01,732 We have our own lives to lead. Come along, daughters. 130 00:17:01,832 --> 00:17:05,223 The vapours in this room are most noxious to a child's lungs. 131 00:17:16,416 --> 00:17:19,015 Ladies, pray, sit yourselves. 132 00:17:20,124 --> 00:17:21,358 Sarah, if you please. 133 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:24,524 I shall be seated, William, when it suits me and not before. 134 00:17:24,624 --> 00:17:26,140 So be it. 135 00:17:27,083 --> 00:17:29,941 - She's a pretty little thing. - Thank you, Grandfather. 136 00:17:30,041 --> 00:17:32,400 - We are most proud of her. - We are indeed. 137 00:17:32,499 --> 00:17:34,941 - Have you been out strolling, Aunt Sarah? - No, niece. 138 00:17:35,041 --> 00:17:37,191 I've been to collect my pension at Leicester Fields, 139 00:17:37,291 --> 00:17:40,060 - it being the first of the month. - Indeed. 140 00:17:42,999 --> 00:17:44,983 - Your latest infant? - To be sure, Father. 141 00:17:45,083 --> 00:17:47,566 - Of robust constitution? - She has an excellent character. 142 00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:50,524 One must trust in providence. Colour of eye? 143 00:17:50,624 --> 00:17:52,607 - Blue, as yourself. - Splendid. 144 00:17:52,707 --> 00:17:54,440 Do not forget your other daughter, sir, 145 00:17:54,540 --> 00:17:57,024 whom you have deigned to neglect these past two years. 146 00:17:57,124 --> 00:17:58,983 Sit down, Georgiana. 147 00:17:59,083 --> 00:18:01,524 - She is learning French. - And music. 148 00:18:01,624 --> 00:18:03,440 She is having an education. 149 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:07,566 Reading, writing, arithmetic and geography with the globe. 150 00:18:07,666 --> 00:18:09,275 Sit up straight, Georgie! 151 00:18:09,375 --> 00:18:10,941 Say something in French. 152 00:18:11,041 --> 00:18:12,649 - Bonjour. - Bonjour, Papa. 153 00:18:13,791 --> 00:18:15,358 - Are you keeping well? - I am. 154 00:18:15,457 --> 00:18:17,358 I was not addressing you, sir. 155 00:18:17,457 --> 00:18:19,983 I enjoy good health, thank'ee. And yourself? 156 00:18:20,083 --> 00:18:23,191 We are surviving as best we can under the circumstances. 157 00:18:23,291 --> 00:18:27,358 - And what circumstances might they be? - Straightened circumstances, sir. 158 00:18:27,457 --> 00:18:29,358 But we manage to keep body and soul together, 159 00:18:29,457 --> 00:18:32,389 no thanks to your ungrateful son. 160 00:18:33,041 --> 00:18:35,857 How dare you take your leave of me, Billy Turner! 161 00:18:35,957 --> 00:18:40,149 You insult me, as you have always insulted me! 162 00:18:40,249 --> 00:18:41,765 Billy! 163 00:19:20,874 --> 00:19:22,191 Good evening, William. 164 00:19:22,291 --> 00:19:25,223 Felicitations of the evening to you, your Lordship. 165 00:19:26,041 --> 00:19:28,191 You faring well? 166 00:19:28,291 --> 00:19:31,899 Bit breathless. Been up to the farm. 167 00:19:35,083 --> 00:19:38,440 Watch the sunset, say goodnight to the milkmaids. 168 00:19:39,707 --> 00:19:42,973 Any further consideration to mechanicalising the thresher? 169 00:19:45,666 --> 00:19:47,524 You can't beat the old oxen. 170 00:19:47,624 --> 00:19:50,983 - Is that so, your Lordship? - Indeed. 171 00:19:51,083 --> 00:19:54,275 We had a ploughing competition last spring 172 00:19:54,374 --> 00:19:57,191 between teams of horses and teams of oxen. 173 00:19:57,291 --> 00:19:59,315 - And the victor? - The horses. 174 00:19:59,415 --> 00:20:02,941 - Well, the ox is a sluggish beast. - Yes, but strong. 175 00:20:03,041 --> 00:20:05,649 With the added benefit, when it comes to the end of its working life, 176 00:20:05,749 --> 00:20:07,681 it makes a very succulent dish. 177 00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:10,857 Unlike the horse. 178 00:20:10,957 --> 00:20:11,983 Good for glue. 179 00:20:12,083 --> 00:20:14,681 Ahem... your Lordship! 180 00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:20,399 - A very good evening to you, sir. - Evening, Manners. 181 00:20:20,499 --> 00:20:22,502 Mr Turner. 182 00:20:23,749 --> 00:20:25,732 Are we not blessed by the heavens 183 00:20:25,832 --> 00:20:32,098 to witness so glorious a crepuscular time of day? 184 00:20:34,707 --> 00:20:36,347 Imbecile. 185 00:20:40,290 --> 00:20:44,941 Continuing satisfaction as to the arrangement, your Lordship? 186 00:20:45,041 --> 00:20:50,566 I think we have successfully achieved the correct effect, William. 187 00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:52,264 Thank you. 188 00:20:54,374 --> 00:20:57,607 - Good evening, Nat. - Oh, good evening, my Lord. 189 00:20:57,707 --> 00:21:02,191 - Good evening, Miss Coggins. - Your Lordship, Turner. 190 00:21:02,290 --> 00:21:05,941 - How's your father faring, William? - Oh, bearing up, your Lordship. 191 00:21:06,041 --> 00:21:08,691 Very gracious of you to inquire. 192 00:21:08,791 --> 00:21:12,732 We thought we'd lost him this last winter, a very harsh one. 193 00:21:12,832 --> 00:21:15,482 He came through. He's a hardy old cove. 194 00:21:15,582 --> 00:21:17,182 Excellent. 195 00:21:17,791 --> 00:21:20,140 - See you at dinner. - Indeed. 196 00:22:06,957 --> 00:22:09,274 Exceedingly beautiful. 197 00:22:09,374 --> 00:22:11,473 You are too kind. 198 00:22:11,957 --> 00:22:15,108 I'm familiar with the melody, but... 199 00:22:15,207 --> 00:22:17,274 Herr Beethoven. 200 00:22:17,374 --> 00:22:18,857 The "Pathétique". 201 00:22:26,791 --> 00:22:30,765 I possess a rare fondness for... Henry Purcell. 202 00:22:32,415 --> 00:22:33,440 As do I. 203 00:22:39,540 --> 00:22:40,765 Yes. 204 00:22:46,624 --> 00:22:49,139 "Dido's Lament." 205 00:22:55,415 --> 00:22:58,941 May my wrongs create 206 00:22:59,041 --> 00:23:00,732 Create 207 00:23:00,832 --> 00:23:03,274 No sorrow... 208 00:23:03,374 --> 00:23:04,482 - Trouble. - Trou... 209 00:23:04,582 --> 00:23:07,274 No trouble 210 00:23:07,374 --> 00:23:10,482 - In thy breast... thy breast... - Thy breast. 211 00:23:10,582 --> 00:23:14,306 In thy brea... breast 212 00:23:19,332 --> 00:23:23,347 Remember me 213 00:23:25,791 --> 00:23:28,973 Remember me 214 00:23:31,916 --> 00:23:33,890 But... 215 00:23:34,624 --> 00:23:36,774 - Ah! Forget my fate. - Ah! 216 00:23:36,874 --> 00:23:40,514 Forget my fate 217 00:23:42,248 --> 00:23:47,556 Remember me 218 00:23:47,749 --> 00:23:50,066 But ah! 219 00:23:50,165 --> 00:23:54,264 Forget my fa... 220 00:23:55,707 --> 00:23:57,473 My fate 221 00:24:05,165 --> 00:24:07,306 A song of lost love. 222 00:24:08,999 --> 00:24:11,097 Indeed. 223 00:24:13,165 --> 00:24:15,065 I thank you. 224 00:24:15,165 --> 00:24:17,765 Thank you, Mr Turner. 225 00:24:19,999 --> 00:24:21,514 Madam. 226 00:24:59,791 --> 00:25:01,899 Mr Turner? 227 00:25:01,998 --> 00:25:04,941 I have often pondered, might there be a distinction 228 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,399 between the way you paint a sunrise as opposed to a sunset? 229 00:25:08,499 --> 00:25:11,482 Oh, there is indeed, Lady Stuckley. 230 00:25:11,582 --> 00:25:14,566 Yeah, cos one is going up whilst the other... 231 00:25:14,666 --> 00:25:16,941 - The other is going down! - Oh, Eliza, do hush. 232 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:21,357 And might it also be determined by the angle of the light? 233 00:25:21,457 --> 00:25:24,190 Well, it's weather, 234 00:25:24,290 --> 00:25:25,649 vapour, 235 00:25:25,749 --> 00:25:26,899 wind, 236 00:25:26,998 --> 00:25:29,148 frangibility and such like. 237 00:25:29,248 --> 00:25:30,649 Eliza, look at his nails! 238 00:25:30,749 --> 00:25:34,524 Whilst you goddesses are languishing in the kingdom of Hypnos, 239 00:25:34,624 --> 00:25:38,649 I am up before the lark to witness Helios popping his head above the parapet, 240 00:25:38,749 --> 00:25:42,681 with the only benefit that the sunrise is not afflicted... 241 00:25:43,415 --> 00:25:45,431 with diminishing light. 242 00:25:53,956 --> 00:25:55,774 - Carew. - Oh! 243 00:25:55,874 --> 00:25:57,649 Turner! 244 00:25:57,749 --> 00:26:01,181 I'm by way of observing poor Saint Sebastian here. 245 00:26:01,956 --> 00:26:03,649 The artist is not known to me. 246 00:26:03,749 --> 00:26:05,065 - Flemish. - Oh. 247 00:26:05,165 --> 00:26:08,148 Uncommonly capacious rump on the cherub. 248 00:26:08,248 --> 00:26:11,190 It might have gained in potency with an increase of arrows. 249 00:26:11,290 --> 00:26:13,691 Well, yon celestial fellow is tugging them all out. 250 00:26:13,791 --> 00:26:15,232 I can hardly bear to look upon it. 251 00:26:15,332 --> 00:26:20,274 The pain on his face, the mark of resignation in it. 252 00:26:20,374 --> 00:26:22,524 'Tis a willing sacrifice, is it not? 253 00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:25,107 'Twas not how the poor soul perished. 254 00:26:25,207 --> 00:26:28,232 He was brought back to full health by a good Samaritan. 255 00:26:28,332 --> 00:26:32,023 Then the heathens cudgelled him to death and deposited him in a sewer. 256 00:26:32,123 --> 00:26:34,857 I would question the veracity of that telling. 257 00:26:34,956 --> 00:26:37,389 No good deed goes unpunished. 258 00:26:42,082 --> 00:26:44,107 What a curious fate is mine. 259 00:26:45,749 --> 00:26:49,649 Last month in the King's Bench Prison in the company of debtors, 260 00:26:49,749 --> 00:26:52,315 this month a guest of quality, rank and fashion. 261 00:26:52,415 --> 00:26:56,524 Rejoice, Haydon. You find yourself in a veritable Bacchanalia. 262 00:26:56,624 --> 00:26:59,857 His Lordship keeps a very fine wine cellar. 263 00:26:59,956 --> 00:27:02,148 Be sanguine, fill your boots. 264 00:27:02,248 --> 00:27:03,982 Might I ask you to loan me some money, Turner? 265 00:27:04,082 --> 00:27:05,315 I beg your pardon? 266 00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:08,898 I am in dire and pressing need of 100 pounds. 267 00:27:08,998 --> 00:27:10,190 Out of the question. 268 00:27:10,290 --> 00:27:12,898 My landlord, he's a good man, a patient man, 269 00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:14,857 but he will not wait forever. 270 00:27:14,956 --> 00:27:17,774 I need to pay the wine merchant, my colour man... 271 00:27:17,873 --> 00:27:20,566 And your dear wife, Mrs Haydon, is she faring well? 272 00:27:20,666 --> 00:27:22,566 Mrs Haydon is presently with child. 273 00:27:22,666 --> 00:27:25,023 Well, you have my hearty congratulations, Haydon. 274 00:27:25,123 --> 00:27:28,774 Congratulations are not in order. I'm in torment. 275 00:27:28,873 --> 00:27:32,524 I am not unsympathetic to your impecunity, Haydon. 276 00:27:32,624 --> 00:27:35,440 Therefore I can advance you 50 pounds. 277 00:27:35,540 --> 00:27:39,440 Turner, if 100 pounds will not spare me from this predicament, 278 00:27:39,540 --> 00:27:41,898 what in Jesu's name can 50 pounds do? 279 00:27:41,998 --> 00:27:44,732 Then you are refusing to accept the 50 pounds? 280 00:27:44,832 --> 00:27:48,139 - It is damned inadequate. - I wish you good day, sir. 281 00:27:52,290 --> 00:27:53,940 - Turner? - Hey, hey! 282 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,315 My word is my bond. 283 00:27:56,415 --> 00:27:59,898 I may not yet be an Academician but I am a gentleman. 284 00:27:59,998 --> 00:28:02,856 I have a painting presently with the King at Windsor. 285 00:28:02,956 --> 00:28:06,315 I am assured he will buy it from me for 500 guineas or more. 286 00:28:06,415 --> 00:28:08,982 Furthermore, I have another fine painting in mind, 287 00:28:09,082 --> 00:28:10,232 a companion piece, 288 00:28:10,332 --> 00:28:12,274 which he is most certain to purchase in addition. 289 00:28:12,374 --> 00:28:14,482 Who has made these assurances? 290 00:28:14,582 --> 00:28:17,357 - The King's private secretary, Knighton. - Oh. 291 00:28:17,457 --> 00:28:22,607 Well, I can furnish you with five pounds this morning. 292 00:28:22,707 --> 00:28:23,982 Five pounds? 293 00:28:24,082 --> 00:28:27,399 50 pounds is not sufficient. Five pounds is tantamount to an insult. 294 00:28:27,499 --> 00:28:30,649 Sir, I beseech you, brook your ire. 295 00:28:30,749 --> 00:28:33,315 If you attend my residence at London, 296 00:28:33,415 --> 00:28:35,765 I will loan you 50 pounds. 297 00:28:36,915 --> 00:28:39,014 In addition to the five? 298 00:28:39,915 --> 00:28:43,723 Mr Haydon, you are exceedingly tiresome. 299 00:28:46,956 --> 00:28:49,306 I am gratified. 300 00:28:50,540 --> 00:28:53,523 I humbly accept the 50 pounds. 301 00:28:55,207 --> 00:28:57,667 Might I find you at the same address? 302 00:29:00,624 --> 00:29:02,222 I may swim. 303 00:29:05,457 --> 00:29:08,649 "And the spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness." 304 00:29:08,749 --> 00:29:11,482 A tormented soul, for sure. 305 00:29:11,582 --> 00:29:14,982 I sympathise, but he attributes all of his failures 306 00:29:15,082 --> 00:29:17,566 - to anything other than his own behaviour. - Indeed. 307 00:29:17,666 --> 00:29:22,607 His complaint with life is as absurd as that of a spoke in a wheel, 308 00:29:22,707 --> 00:29:26,274 railing against the motion that it must of necessity partake. 309 00:29:26,374 --> 00:29:30,274 I concur. He suffers the fate of Tantalus. 310 00:29:30,374 --> 00:29:33,357 He reaches for the fruit, the branch moves. 311 00:29:33,457 --> 00:29:36,065 When he stoops to drink the water goes down. 312 00:29:36,165 --> 00:29:38,940 If only he would consider the wishes of his public 313 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,399 rather than pursuing his own peculiar convictions, 314 00:29:42,499 --> 00:29:43,649 it would be his salvation. 315 00:29:43,748 --> 00:29:47,065 And yet, my dear Beechey, as his personal troubles increase, 316 00:29:47,165 --> 00:29:50,023 so the quality of his painting suffers. 317 00:29:50,123 --> 00:29:53,649 - But still, the man can paint. - For sure, he can paint a Haydon. 318 00:29:53,748 --> 00:29:57,148 The return of one prodigal is worth more than gold. 319 00:29:57,248 --> 00:30:01,566 An essential quality for a prodigal, sir, is humility. 320 00:30:01,666 --> 00:30:03,982 He is a cracked pot. 321 00:30:04,082 --> 00:30:06,482 He's heading for a fall. 322 00:30:06,582 --> 00:30:09,731 Gentlemen, are we as one? 323 00:30:10,331 --> 00:30:14,014 Sadly... I cannot give him my support. 324 00:30:14,748 --> 00:30:17,274 He is not of our temper. 325 00:30:17,374 --> 00:30:20,232 Alas, the Academy does not have need of Haydon 326 00:30:20,332 --> 00:30:23,680 so much as Haydon has need of the Academy. 327 00:30:46,540 --> 00:30:52,815 Here the rose that decks thy door 328 00:30:52,915 --> 00:30:59,190 Here the thorn that spreads thy bower 329 00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:04,982 Here the willow on the moor 330 00:31:05,082 --> 00:31:07,607 The birds at rest 331 00:31:07,706 --> 00:31:10,972 Above thee 332 00:31:11,956 --> 00:31:18,065 Had they light of life to see 333 00:31:18,165 --> 00:31:24,399 Sense of soul like thee and me 334 00:31:24,499 --> 00:31:30,107 Soon might each a witness be 335 00:31:30,207 --> 00:31:32,940 How dotingly 336 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:38,097 I love thee 337 00:31:38,582 --> 00:31:44,524 Here we meet too soon to part 338 00:31:44,623 --> 00:31:51,065 Here to leave would raise a smart 339 00:31:51,165 --> 00:31:56,357 Here I'll press thee to my heart 340 00:31:56,457 --> 00:31:59,815 Where none have place 341 00:31:59,915 --> 00:32:03,930 Above thee 342 00:32:21,374 --> 00:32:23,731 With your Lordship's permission, 343 00:32:23,831 --> 00:32:26,606 ladies and gentlemen, our next offering, we hope, 344 00:32:26,706 --> 00:32:29,856 is of a somewhat more playful nature. 345 00:32:29,956 --> 00:32:32,648 - Playful as you wish. - Thank you. 346 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:37,097 Oh! No, it isn't! 347 00:32:55,290 --> 00:33:00,107 I'm a poor simple girl so excuse me, sir, pray 348 00:33:00,207 --> 00:33:04,440 I am just one and twenty the first of next May 349 00:33:04,539 --> 00:33:09,399 I never do harm but I tend to my farm 350 00:33:09,499 --> 00:33:15,764 I'm up early and late and though humble my state 351 00:33:16,290 --> 00:33:21,065 I don't envy my betters but bear 'em good will 352 00:33:21,165 --> 00:33:24,148 And I'm called Pretty Kitty 353 00:33:24,248 --> 00:33:26,523 Pretty Kitty 354 00:33:26,623 --> 00:33:28,773 Pretty Kitty 355 00:33:28,873 --> 00:33:31,638 The maid of the mill 356 00:33:36,457 --> 00:33:39,773 I have lovers in plenty come hither to woo... 357 00:33:41,290 --> 00:33:46,023 If they will be so teasing, pray, what can I do? 358 00:33:46,123 --> 00:33:50,773 I'm good-tempered and kind and a youth to my mind 359 00:33:50,873 --> 00:33:57,431 Who is open and free would be happy with me 360 00:33:58,374 --> 00:34:03,523 But they all are so stupid that none of them will 361 00:34:03,623 --> 00:34:06,690 Pop the question to Kitty 362 00:34:06,790 --> 00:34:09,107 Pretty Kitty 363 00:34:09,207 --> 00:34:11,606 Pretty Kitty 364 00:34:11,706 --> 00:34:14,513 The maid of the mill 365 00:36:00,207 --> 00:36:03,472 - Good day to you, sir. - Good day to thee. 366 00:36:04,790 --> 00:36:06,731 You be a lodgings, then? 367 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:08,346 It be. 368 00:36:10,623 --> 00:36:14,356 - This chamber, 'tis available? - It is, aye. 369 00:36:14,456 --> 00:36:16,222 May I peruse it? 370 00:36:24,956 --> 00:36:26,930 Mrs Booth! 371 00:36:33,414 --> 00:36:35,430 There be a gentleman. 372 00:36:37,414 --> 00:36:40,439 - Good day to you, sir. - Good day to you, madam. 373 00:36:40,539 --> 00:36:42,523 - Are you seeking lodgings? - Indeed I am. 374 00:36:42,623 --> 00:36:44,014 Here, Mr Booth. 375 00:36:45,706 --> 00:36:49,481 - Your top front, 'tis available? - Maybe, sir, yes. 376 00:36:49,581 --> 00:36:53,764 - May I peruse it? - Indeed, sir, if you'd care to follow me. 377 00:36:55,581 --> 00:36:57,648 - You just come off the boat? - Indeed. 378 00:36:57,748 --> 00:36:59,356 - The Maggie or the Billy? - The Maggie. 379 00:36:59,456 --> 00:37:03,430 - Oh, 'twas early today! - We'd the best of the tide. 380 00:37:05,748 --> 00:37:07,190 There. 381 00:37:07,289 --> 00:37:10,273 - This be my better most chamber. - Exceeding homely. 382 00:37:10,373 --> 00:37:11,856 Oh, I do thank you, sir. 383 00:37:11,956 --> 00:37:15,055 You're looking at the finest view in Margate. 384 00:37:16,165 --> 00:37:18,565 They do say this town be the first place in England 385 00:37:18,665 --> 00:37:20,398 that the sun do reach of a morning. 386 00:37:20,498 --> 00:37:24,398 Now, all my linen is freshly aired, clean and sweet-smelling, 387 00:37:24,498 --> 00:37:27,847 and I can lay a fire for you, should you require. 388 00:37:29,165 --> 00:37:30,805 Now, sir... 389 00:37:31,498 --> 00:37:34,898 my terms is one guinea for the week with no meals 390 00:37:34,998 --> 00:37:37,065 or full board for an extra 15 and sixpence. 391 00:37:37,165 --> 00:37:41,263 And I'm afraid I do have to ask for a small deposit and a reference. 392 00:37:44,123 --> 00:37:47,722 - Five pound. - 'Tis my reference and deposit. 393 00:37:48,289 --> 00:37:51,148 Oh, I can't take this, sir. It is far too much. 394 00:37:51,247 --> 00:37:55,097 Refund of balance on departure. That suit you, madam? 395 00:37:55,915 --> 00:37:58,014 I do thank ye, sir. 396 00:37:58,956 --> 00:38:01,856 Well, I should introduce myself. My name is Mrs Booth. 397 00:38:01,956 --> 00:38:04,773 - And you, sir? - Beg your pardon? 398 00:38:04,873 --> 00:38:07,148 - I was asking your name, sir. - Mallard. 399 00:38:07,247 --> 00:38:09,314 Oh... Mr Mallard. 400 00:38:09,414 --> 00:38:12,565 Well, I do hope you'll be most comfortable here, Mr Mallard. 401 00:38:12,665 --> 00:38:14,773 Now, is there anything else I can provide for you? 402 00:38:14,873 --> 00:38:17,773 A small bowl of water, madam, if you'd be so kind. 403 00:38:17,873 --> 00:38:21,472 - Might that be a glass of water? - No, a bowl. 404 00:38:22,165 --> 00:38:25,847 Very well, sir. I shall bring that up for you. 405 00:38:41,289 --> 00:38:42,805 Yes? 406 00:38:44,915 --> 00:38:48,273 I found you a small bowl, sir. I hope this do suit your requirements. 407 00:38:48,373 --> 00:38:49,314 Indeed. 408 00:38:49,414 --> 00:38:51,189 Where would you like I should put it for you? 409 00:38:51,289 --> 00:38:54,221 Upon the window sill, if you'd be so kind. 410 00:38:55,414 --> 00:38:59,439 Good. Oh, dear! Do be coming along blowing now. 411 00:38:59,539 --> 00:39:04,356 Well... I shall serve your supper downstairs in the parlour at six of the clock. 412 00:39:04,456 --> 00:39:06,356 And if you ever feel the need of a bit of company 413 00:39:06,456 --> 00:39:09,189 you'd be more than welcome to join Mr Booth and I in our kitchen. 414 00:39:09,289 --> 00:39:12,523 - I would not wish to impose, madam. - Oh, not at all, Mr Mallard. 415 00:39:12,623 --> 00:39:15,139 We should be glad of your company. 416 00:39:34,373 --> 00:39:37,439 - I'll top up your ale, Mr Mallard. - Thank you kindly, madam. 417 00:39:37,539 --> 00:39:39,481 I hope you're enjoying your supper. 418 00:39:39,581 --> 00:39:41,147 Oh, good. 419 00:39:41,247 --> 00:39:44,481 Some folk do find shackles too salty for their taste. 420 00:39:44,581 --> 00:39:47,263 Can never be too salty for me, madam. 421 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:09,648 There, Mr Mallard. This'll warm you up. 422 00:40:09,748 --> 00:40:11,773 No, no, you sit yourself down. 423 00:40:11,873 --> 00:40:15,189 I can squeeze around here just about these days. 424 00:40:15,289 --> 00:40:18,231 - So, you had a good walk, then? - As far as Broadstairs and back. 425 00:40:18,331 --> 00:40:22,065 Oh, dear! That is a long way. You'll sleep well tonight. 426 00:40:22,164 --> 00:40:23,690 Your very good health, madam, sir. 427 00:40:23,790 --> 00:40:26,898 - Very good health to you too, sir. - Will you not take a drink yourself? 428 00:40:26,998 --> 00:40:29,565 I ain't touched a drop this many a long year. 429 00:40:29,665 --> 00:40:32,106 He did used to enjoy a tipple, though that were long before I knew him. 430 00:40:32,206 --> 00:40:34,898 - Man of the sea? - He was, weren't he? 431 00:40:34,998 --> 00:40:38,815 - Ship's carpenter. - Carpenter? Noble craft. 432 00:40:38,915 --> 00:40:40,606 What'd you ply? 433 00:40:40,706 --> 00:40:42,731 Whalers? Spicers? 434 00:40:42,831 --> 00:40:44,847 - Traders? - Slavers. 435 00:40:45,873 --> 00:40:48,847 - For my sins. - He don't like to talk about it, though. 436 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:53,940 Africa, Zanzibar, the Indies. 437 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,147 Such terrible sufferings I did see. 438 00:40:56,247 --> 00:40:58,481 Treated like animals, they was. 439 00:40:58,581 --> 00:41:00,523 Worse than. 440 00:41:00,623 --> 00:41:02,481 The howling sound of sorrow. 441 00:41:02,581 --> 00:41:04,096 Yes. 442 00:41:05,164 --> 00:41:08,606 - Changed my life, it did. - Oh, it did there. 443 00:41:08,706 --> 00:41:11,847 Led me back to chapel. 444 00:41:14,414 --> 00:41:15,930 Humans. 445 00:41:16,498 --> 00:41:19,096 Humans can be dreadful cruel. 446 00:41:19,915 --> 00:41:24,054 I watch them boys down there in the sands whipping them poor donkeys. 447 00:41:24,539 --> 00:41:26,648 Mind you, you're better off being a donkey 448 00:41:26,748 --> 00:41:29,680 than them wretched souls on the slave ships. 449 00:41:34,081 --> 00:41:36,982 So, are you familiar with Margate, Mr Mallard? 450 00:41:37,081 --> 00:41:38,064 As a boy. 451 00:41:38,164 --> 00:41:39,898 Oh, there. You come here on your holidays, then? 452 00:41:39,997 --> 00:41:41,982 Schooling, two years. 453 00:41:42,081 --> 00:41:45,648 Oh, yes, Margate be famous for its schools. 454 00:41:45,748 --> 00:41:48,189 - Coleman's. - Oh. 455 00:41:48,289 --> 00:41:49,690 Mr Coleman? I do remember he. 456 00:41:49,790 --> 00:41:52,597 - Up there by the Dane. - Back of the old town. 457 00:41:56,539 --> 00:41:59,106 I lost two dear friends. 458 00:41:59,206 --> 00:42:02,398 - I am sorry. - Scrofula. 459 00:42:02,498 --> 00:42:06,847 - Oh, yes. Terrible sickness. - Aye. 460 00:42:11,665 --> 00:42:13,764 Long time ago. 461 00:42:29,665 --> 00:42:33,638 - Oh! Good afternoon. - Good afternoon, madam. 462 00:42:34,081 --> 00:42:37,481 - It is Mrs Somerville. - Yes, you are expected. 463 00:42:37,581 --> 00:42:39,680 Thank you most kindly. 464 00:42:40,081 --> 00:42:43,013 Oh, what an elegant residence. 465 00:42:43,997 --> 00:42:46,231 Have you come far, Mrs Somerville? 466 00:42:46,331 --> 00:42:49,939 Oh, yes, indeed. All the way from Chelsea. 467 00:42:50,039 --> 00:42:52,398 I took the steamer to Westminster, about an hour. 468 00:42:52,498 --> 00:42:55,481 - Was the river busy? - Extremely. 469 00:42:55,581 --> 00:42:58,314 You can see the whole world on the Thames. 470 00:42:58,414 --> 00:43:01,189 - Mrs Somerville. - Oh, good afternoon, Mr Turner. 471 00:43:01,289 --> 00:43:03,523 My apologies if I have forced you to wait upon me. 472 00:43:03,623 --> 00:43:08,356 Oh, not at all. I have enjoyed a most pleasant interlude with your father. 473 00:43:08,456 --> 00:43:11,398 - You find yourself well? - Passing fair, thank you. And you? 474 00:43:11,498 --> 00:43:13,815 Indeed. Dr Somerville likewise? 475 00:43:13,914 --> 00:43:18,971 Oh, yes, he's much engaged in administering to the poor veterans. 476 00:43:19,498 --> 00:43:21,648 Well, now, it's a beautiful sunny day, 477 00:43:21,748 --> 00:43:24,606 just perfect for our experiment. 478 00:43:24,706 --> 00:43:26,815 I have everything I need here in my wee bag. 479 00:43:26,914 --> 00:43:29,022 Are we going to witness an explosion? 480 00:43:29,122 --> 00:43:30,939 Oh, goodness me! No, I hope not. 481 00:43:31,039 --> 00:43:32,939 I'm astounded you have all your paraphernalia 482 00:43:33,039 --> 00:43:36,231 - contained in yon small pouch. - Indeed it is, Mr Turner. 483 00:43:36,331 --> 00:43:38,346 Everything except God's good sunlight. 484 00:43:39,498 --> 00:43:42,022 Daddy, Mrs Somerville is a natural philosopher. 485 00:43:42,122 --> 00:43:46,189 - Is she, now? - Mathematician, astronomer, geologist. 486 00:43:46,289 --> 00:43:49,064 The universe is a wondrous thing, is it not, Mr Turner? 487 00:43:49,164 --> 00:43:50,815 It is, to be sure. 488 00:43:50,914 --> 00:43:52,356 The planets and the stars, 489 00:43:52,456 --> 00:43:54,565 the oceans and the tides, 490 00:43:54,665 --> 00:43:57,064 the clouds and the air, 491 00:43:57,164 --> 00:43:59,273 mountains, volcanoes... 492 00:43:59,373 --> 00:44:02,064 The tides be subject to the effect of the moon. 493 00:44:02,164 --> 00:44:06,064 Quite so, the mysterious force of gravity. 494 00:44:06,164 --> 00:44:08,221 It is my strong belief 495 00:44:08,955 --> 00:44:11,722 that all things on this earth are connected. 496 00:44:12,831 --> 00:44:15,846 - Nothing exists in isolation. - Indeed. 497 00:44:17,164 --> 00:44:20,648 The rain falls, the sun shines 498 00:44:20,748 --> 00:44:22,690 and the onions grow. 499 00:44:22,790 --> 00:44:23,855 Oh, yes. 500 00:44:23,955 --> 00:44:26,398 Daddy likes to affect the pretence of being a dunce. 501 00:44:26,498 --> 00:44:27,981 He is in fact a man of high intellect. 502 00:44:28,081 --> 00:44:30,815 - He taught me how to read and write. - Is that so? 503 00:44:30,914 --> 00:44:35,523 - Education is an important thing. - It is indeed, most important for everyone. 504 00:44:35,623 --> 00:44:39,189 I myself am presently engaged in the tutoring of my children. 505 00:44:39,289 --> 00:44:40,855 That is indeed commendable. 506 00:44:40,955 --> 00:44:43,231 It is a privilege that was not afforded to me. 507 00:44:43,331 --> 00:44:46,472 I am an uneducated, self-taught Scotch woman. 508 00:44:47,247 --> 00:44:49,773 Mrs Somerville, you are what you are. 509 00:44:49,872 --> 00:44:51,773 - As are we, Daddy. - True. 510 00:44:51,872 --> 00:44:53,513 Thank you. 511 00:44:54,914 --> 00:44:56,814 And what was your profession, Mr Turner? 512 00:44:56,914 --> 00:44:59,189 Daddy was the finest barber in Covent Garden. 513 00:44:59,289 --> 00:45:01,565 I had some success in the business. 514 00:45:01,665 --> 00:45:02,897 Wig maker. 515 00:45:02,997 --> 00:45:05,606 He was a master of the razor and the brush. 516 00:45:05,706 --> 00:45:07,731 You're the master of the brush now, Mr Turner. 517 00:45:07,830 --> 00:45:08,939 Well... 518 00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:11,523 My little lad could draw afore he could read and write. 519 00:45:11,623 --> 00:45:14,764 Sat in the corner of the shop, scratching away with the chalk and charcoal. 520 00:45:15,289 --> 00:45:16,897 I'd stick his pictures in the window. 521 00:45:16,997 --> 00:45:18,273 And sell 'em, all of 'em. 522 00:45:18,373 --> 00:45:20,722 For two or three shillings apiece on occasion. 523 00:45:21,331 --> 00:45:23,022 Do you have children yourself, Mr Turner? 524 00:45:23,122 --> 00:45:25,472 I do not, Mrs Somerville. 525 00:45:30,122 --> 00:45:32,054 Thank you, Mr Turner. 526 00:45:32,872 --> 00:45:35,189 - Have you ever seen a prism? - I have not. 527 00:45:37,914 --> 00:45:39,597 There it is. 528 00:45:41,164 --> 00:45:43,814 That is a thing of beauty. 529 00:45:43,914 --> 00:45:47,772 Shortly you shall witness a rainbow passing through it. 530 00:45:47,872 --> 00:45:50,939 Sir Isaac Newton, Daddy. 531 00:45:51,039 --> 00:45:54,939 Gentlemen, might I request that you close the shutters, please? 532 00:45:55,039 --> 00:45:56,971 Daddy. 533 00:45:59,498 --> 00:46:02,388 Tell us when to cease, Mrs Somerville. 534 00:46:03,289 --> 00:46:05,929 We need to create an aperture... 535 00:46:07,081 --> 00:46:09,346 to strengthen the colours. 536 00:46:12,331 --> 00:46:13,606 - There. - Daddy! 537 00:46:13,706 --> 00:46:16,981 - Aha! - Let us put the paper in place. 538 00:46:17,081 --> 00:46:20,730 - Daddy, some tacks for Mrs Somerville. - No, no tacks, Mr Turner. 539 00:46:20,830 --> 00:46:23,555 The metal could contaminate the experiment. 540 00:46:25,373 --> 00:46:27,555 A wee nub of wax. 541 00:46:32,373 --> 00:46:33,763 Paper. 542 00:46:34,830 --> 00:46:36,855 And what is the purpose of the small piece of paper? 543 00:46:36,955 --> 00:46:42,772 I shall cover the bottom half of the needle so that it is not exposed. 544 00:46:46,581 --> 00:46:48,939 And what is it you are about now, Mrs Somerville? 545 00:46:49,039 --> 00:46:51,888 You'll have to wait and see, won't you? 546 00:46:56,164 --> 00:46:58,523 Daddy, I wager that is the first time 547 00:46:58,623 --> 00:47:00,981 you've witnessed a hammer being produced from a lady's reticule. 548 00:47:01,081 --> 00:47:02,888 For certain 'tis! 549 00:47:10,997 --> 00:47:13,189 You have the arm of a blacksmith, Mrs Somerville. 550 00:47:17,247 --> 00:47:18,763 There, now. 551 00:47:20,914 --> 00:47:24,263 That has thrown all those wee particles into chaos. 552 00:47:25,039 --> 00:47:27,221 Particles into chaos. 553 00:47:28,164 --> 00:47:31,647 What is the element contained within the violet light 554 00:47:31,747 --> 00:47:33,398 such as magnetises the material? 555 00:47:33,498 --> 00:47:37,273 That is what, as yet, Mr Turner, I do not know. 556 00:47:37,373 --> 00:47:40,314 - The majesty of mystery. - Indeed. 557 00:47:40,414 --> 00:47:42,939 Now, let us allow nature to take its course. 558 00:47:43,039 --> 00:47:46,231 Although we will have to adjust the position of the easel from time to time. 559 00:47:46,331 --> 00:47:49,647 Indeed, as mighty Apollo moves across his heavenly tract. 560 00:47:49,747 --> 00:47:51,231 Yes! 561 00:47:51,331 --> 00:47:53,855 - Three steps down, Mrs Somerville. - Take care. 562 00:47:53,955 --> 00:47:56,888 Oh, my goodness me! 563 00:47:57,456 --> 00:48:00,147 Oh, Mr Turner, I am quite overwhelmed. 564 00:48:00,247 --> 00:48:02,356 Do as you wish, view as you wish. 565 00:48:02,456 --> 00:48:06,106 Oh, my! These are breathtaking, are they not? 566 00:48:06,206 --> 00:48:09,147 My dear late father would have much appreciated them. 567 00:48:09,247 --> 00:48:12,772 - A naval man, I believe. - Indeed, he was a vice admiral. 568 00:48:12,872 --> 00:48:16,147 - We have the Battle of Trafalgar over here. - Was he there, your father? 569 00:48:16,247 --> 00:48:18,846 Er, no, he was at Camperdown. 570 00:48:19,705 --> 00:48:22,356 - Lord Nelson's flagship, the Victory. - Indeed. 571 00:48:22,456 --> 00:48:25,273 - It's a sketch for the painting. - Oh? 572 00:48:25,373 --> 00:48:27,605 - Commissioned by the King. - Is that so? 573 00:48:27,705 --> 00:48:29,730 Two years in the making. 574 00:48:29,830 --> 00:48:32,314 - He didn't like it. - Did he not? 575 00:48:32,414 --> 00:48:33,772 - No. - Too good for him. 576 00:48:35,830 --> 00:48:37,398 Two years! 577 00:48:37,498 --> 00:48:39,939 It takes me only half an hour to paint a picture. 578 00:48:40,039 --> 00:48:41,772 So you are an artist, Mrs Somerville? 579 00:48:41,872 --> 00:48:45,855 Oh, I don't think we can quite use that term in the presence of Mr Turner. 580 00:48:45,955 --> 00:48:49,147 Nevertheless, Daddy, Mrs Somerville is a fine watercolourist. 581 00:48:49,247 --> 00:48:51,981 Oh, you flatter me. Oh, what an epic storm scene! 582 00:48:52,081 --> 00:48:54,721 Rock crushing a house in Switzerland. 583 00:48:55,456 --> 00:48:58,054 Calais sands, women digging for bait. 584 00:48:59,331 --> 00:49:00,846 I don't care for that much. 585 00:49:05,830 --> 00:49:08,189 Oh, my! What have we here? 586 00:49:08,289 --> 00:49:11,189 Oh, it's Hannibal crossing the Alps. 587 00:49:11,289 --> 00:49:13,814 Do you see the elephant? 588 00:49:13,914 --> 00:49:17,430 - An elephant? - He's in there somewhere. 589 00:49:18,247 --> 00:49:22,096 - Are you teasing me, Mr Turner? - By no means, madam. 590 00:49:37,414 --> 00:49:39,064 Can you find him? 591 00:49:39,164 --> 00:49:41,596 Well, no, I cannot. 592 00:49:42,164 --> 00:49:43,763 There he is. 593 00:49:44,498 --> 00:49:47,855 - Oh! Ha, ha! - Daddy's little jest. 594 00:49:50,414 --> 00:49:53,605 Oh, it is a terrifying scene! 595 00:49:53,705 --> 00:49:56,189 The elements dwarfing the elephants. 596 00:49:56,289 --> 00:49:57,888 Hubris. 597 00:50:03,164 --> 00:50:04,679 There. 598 00:50:05,331 --> 00:50:08,263 Shall I make it do a wee dance? 599 00:50:09,039 --> 00:50:12,522 So, the end of the needle that was exposed to the violet light 600 00:50:12,622 --> 00:50:14,398 has produced a magnetic north pole. 601 00:50:14,497 --> 00:50:16,897 - Like a compass? - Exactly so. 602 00:50:16,997 --> 00:50:19,855 Whereas, Mr Turner, had I done the same experiment 603 00:50:19,955 --> 00:50:21,647 using the red end of the spectrum, 604 00:50:21,747 --> 00:50:24,106 this needle would not have been magnetised. 605 00:50:24,206 --> 00:50:28,564 I have, from time to time, attempted it with the green and the blue, 606 00:50:28,664 --> 00:50:31,730 and it has succeeded on occasion but not consistently. 607 00:50:31,830 --> 00:50:34,138 Colour is contradictory. 608 00:50:34,872 --> 00:50:38,106 Well, is it, Mr Turner? 609 00:50:38,206 --> 00:50:39,605 Colour is absolute. 610 00:50:39,705 --> 00:50:43,221 Sublime but contradictory yet harmonious. 611 00:50:43,830 --> 00:50:46,273 You are a man of great vision, Mr Turner. 612 00:50:47,580 --> 00:50:51,138 The universe is chaotic and you make us see it. 613 00:50:52,289 --> 00:50:54,022 In natural philosophy 614 00:50:54,122 --> 00:50:57,522 nothing can ever be proved, only disproved. 615 00:50:57,622 --> 00:51:00,814 The purity of your prism, the contamination of my palette. 616 00:51:00,914 --> 00:51:04,147 Natural light, blackness. 617 00:51:04,247 --> 00:51:07,346 White is the power of good, black is the devil. 618 00:51:16,331 --> 00:51:22,106 Transparent bodies depend so much upon what is opposed to them, 619 00:51:22,206 --> 00:51:23,981 having no colour, 620 00:51:24,081 --> 00:51:26,429 that they take every one offered. 621 00:51:32,455 --> 00:51:35,398 Water often possesses colour 622 00:51:35,497 --> 00:51:38,721 but colour is not imparted to its reflections... 623 00:51:39,705 --> 00:51:42,929 or refractions like a coloured glass 624 00:51:44,247 --> 00:51:49,013 when everything seen is vitiated by that colour. 625 00:51:51,039 --> 00:51:54,855 Even the purest mirror gives a tone to the sky 626 00:51:54,955 --> 00:51:57,189 and as the colour is increased, 627 00:51:57,289 --> 00:52:00,564 it destroys all the colour of nature by its... 628 00:52:00,664 --> 00:52:02,939 by its own dullness, 629 00:52:03,039 --> 00:52:08,221 while water often seems to challenge the sky for... 630 00:52:10,622 --> 00:52:13,038 brightness and... 631 00:52:13,622 --> 00:52:16,730 and when possessing colour... 632 00:52:16,830 --> 00:52:21,022 its reflections of objects appear more possible. 633 00:52:21,122 --> 00:52:24,971 In short, their effects are like their qualities. 634 00:52:25,955 --> 00:52:29,772 One repels the immediate ray. 635 00:52:29,872 --> 00:52:31,730 The other absorbs it. 636 00:52:31,830 --> 00:52:35,689 The one transparent while the mirror... 637 00:52:35,789 --> 00:52:38,096 is opa... is opaque. 638 00:52:44,413 --> 00:52:47,345 How can they appear the same? 639 00:53:47,789 --> 00:53:50,596 Daddy, cease your labour. Go and sit in your chair. 640 00:53:51,455 --> 00:53:52,897 I can't leave this. 641 00:53:52,997 --> 00:53:56,221 It'll keep for the half-hour. Go and peruse your newspaper. 642 00:54:03,288 --> 00:54:04,846 Do not stoop. 643 00:54:09,288 --> 00:54:11,054 Go and rest your bones. 644 00:54:58,622 --> 00:55:00,804 - What's occurring? - He's struggling. 645 00:55:01,997 --> 00:55:04,189 Are you rattling? 646 00:55:04,288 --> 00:55:06,138 Come on, bring it up. 647 00:55:20,696 --> 00:55:23,420 No, indeed not, sir. 648 00:55:24,455 --> 00:55:29,138 I shall. I shall tell her. I will tell her. 649 00:55:32,205 --> 00:55:35,096 I ought to have told her afore. 650 00:55:36,497 --> 00:55:39,647 - Years ago. - Who do you speak of, Daddy? 651 00:55:39,747 --> 00:55:41,763 Afore they took her away. 652 00:55:43,081 --> 00:55:47,138 Eastertide, the good Lord took her from us. 653 00:55:50,246 --> 00:55:55,304 We did not do right by her, poor woman. 654 00:55:56,705 --> 00:55:58,596 She was a lunatic. 655 00:56:00,622 --> 00:56:02,596 We didn't have no choice, Daddy. 656 00:56:04,705 --> 00:56:08,220 She made our life a living hell. 657 00:56:09,081 --> 00:56:13,971 She was your mother. Curse her! 658 00:56:16,246 --> 00:56:19,971 Show her due respect, boy. 659 00:56:21,081 --> 00:56:24,146 The bitch! 660 00:56:38,997 --> 00:56:41,179 My little lad. 661 00:56:43,497 --> 00:56:45,262 Daddy. 662 00:57:59,580 --> 00:58:02,230 - Good afternoon, sir. - Good day to you, madam. 663 00:58:02,330 --> 00:58:05,188 - It's been a long while, ain't it? - Yeah. 664 00:58:05,288 --> 00:58:08,897 - May I offer you a refreshment? - No, thank you kindly. 665 00:58:08,997 --> 00:58:11,522 - Champagne? - No, no. 666 00:58:11,622 --> 00:58:13,522 No mind, sir, 667 00:58:13,622 --> 00:58:17,855 I regret all my lovely girls are occupied but we do have young Eliza here 668 00:58:17,955 --> 00:58:21,397 who I do not believe you've had the pleasure of previous. 669 00:58:23,372 --> 00:58:27,397 She has a pleasing countenance, when she smiles. 670 00:58:27,497 --> 00:58:30,355 - Good day, sir. - Good day to you, miss. 671 00:58:30,455 --> 00:58:32,804 Show the gentleman to your chamber, dear. 672 00:58:34,372 --> 00:58:36,012 It's this way, sir. 673 00:58:57,747 --> 00:58:59,596 Very fine. 674 00:59:00,288 --> 00:59:02,220 I do extras. 675 00:59:02,996 --> 00:59:04,814 No, no, no, no, no. 676 00:59:04,914 --> 00:59:06,763 Remove the bodice. 677 00:59:14,413 --> 00:59:16,220 Expose your breasts. 678 00:59:17,413 --> 00:59:19,272 No, no... no. 679 00:59:19,372 --> 00:59:21,095 Lay upon the bed. 680 00:59:26,622 --> 00:59:28,814 Part your legs. 681 00:59:28,914 --> 00:59:30,230 Crook your knee. 682 00:59:30,330 --> 00:59:32,262 Right arm as thus. 683 00:59:33,372 --> 00:59:36,763 Hand upon the head. No... as in despair. 684 01:00:14,954 --> 01:00:16,471 Yes. 685 01:00:31,622 --> 01:00:35,012 Eliza... or Liza? 686 01:00:36,205 --> 01:00:37,804 Eliza. 687 01:00:39,163 --> 01:00:40,763 Or Liza. 688 01:00:42,038 --> 01:00:45,220 - Your age? - Twenty-two, sir. 689 01:00:47,288 --> 01:00:48,804 Twenty-two? 690 01:01:47,664 --> 01:01:50,345 Would you like something to drink, sir? 691 01:01:53,664 --> 01:01:56,928 No... thank you, miss. 692 01:01:58,913 --> 01:02:00,554 Now... 693 01:02:01,288 --> 01:02:03,512 expose your breasts. 694 01:06:43,246 --> 01:06:45,105 - Good day, sir. - Madam. 695 01:06:45,205 --> 01:06:47,105 - You be seeking lodgings? - Indeed. 696 01:06:47,205 --> 01:06:49,313 Oh... I do know'ee. 697 01:06:49,413 --> 01:06:52,223 Er, Mr Duckworth. 698 01:06:52,704 --> 01:06:55,980 - Mallard. - Oh, Mr Mallard. Of course! 699 01:06:56,080 --> 01:06:57,896 Well, you be lucky. The room is free. 700 01:06:57,996 --> 01:07:00,021 - Splendid. - Well, do come in. 701 01:07:00,121 --> 01:07:03,762 There. Oh, it be most pleasant to see you again. 702 01:07:12,704 --> 01:07:16,105 Oh, Mr Mallard. Everything satisfactory in your chamber? 703 01:07:16,205 --> 01:07:17,230 Most agreeable. 704 01:07:17,330 --> 01:07:20,105 Good. Well, you sit there and make yourself comfy. 705 01:07:20,205 --> 01:07:23,272 I expect you'll be tired after your journey. 706 01:07:23,372 --> 01:07:26,397 Now, I have not poured your tea for it is fresh in the pot. 707 01:07:26,496 --> 01:07:28,896 No matter. Suits me, brewed and stewed. 708 01:07:30,621 --> 01:07:34,397 Now, that I do remember, Mr Mallard. And will you take a biscuit? 709 01:07:34,496 --> 01:07:37,813 No, thank you, madam. I purchased a potato on the boat. 710 01:07:37,913 --> 01:07:40,813 I should think that were all you could manage on the steamer. 711 01:07:40,913 --> 01:07:42,854 It was somewhat turbulent. 712 01:07:42,954 --> 01:07:45,397 I shall leave you to take your refreshment. 713 01:07:45,496 --> 01:07:48,970 Madam, may I apprehend you with my condolences? 714 01:07:51,246 --> 01:07:52,355 I do thank you, sir. 715 01:07:52,454 --> 01:07:56,355 My sympathies, commiserations, for the loss of your dear departed man. 716 01:07:56,454 --> 01:07:58,887 Well, he were a dear man. 717 01:08:01,829 --> 01:08:06,678 'Tis twice in my life now I have found myself a widow. 718 01:08:07,954 --> 01:08:11,604 My first husband were taken from me when I was but a young woman. 719 01:08:11,704 --> 01:08:13,272 How was he taken? 720 01:08:13,372 --> 01:08:16,146 He were foying over there on Goodwin Sands. 721 01:08:16,246 --> 01:08:20,470 - A life-saver. - Aye. He did save many a life. 722 01:08:20,996 --> 01:08:25,021 But in the end... he could not save his own. 723 01:08:25,121 --> 01:08:28,053 We never did find him, poor soul. 724 01:08:29,163 --> 01:08:33,729 My boy were eight year old when he did lose his father. 725 01:08:33,829 --> 01:08:35,646 I was eight when I lost my little sister. 726 01:08:35,746 --> 01:08:38,053 Oh? Oh, I am sorry. 727 01:08:42,496 --> 01:08:45,595 Well... 'tis the way of things. 728 01:08:52,746 --> 01:08:56,179 You still making your nice little pictures, Mr Mallard? 729 01:09:01,330 --> 01:09:02,428 There. 730 01:09:23,205 --> 01:09:24,938 Mr Billy. 731 01:09:29,371 --> 01:09:30,928 Welcome home. 732 01:09:32,371 --> 01:09:34,053 Dirty water. 733 01:09:44,412 --> 01:09:46,012 Pleasant trip? 734 01:09:49,454 --> 01:09:50,980 Your order came. 735 01:09:51,080 --> 01:09:54,813 - Did he send the cobalt blue? - I put it in a jar. 736 01:09:54,913 --> 01:09:57,854 Chrome yellow, scarlet lake, lead white. 737 01:09:57,954 --> 01:10:00,980 - Canvases? - He put 'em downstairs for me. 738 01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:03,938 Two six-by-fours, three four-by-threes. 739 01:10:04,038 --> 01:10:06,729 - Megilp? - Next week. 740 01:10:11,496 --> 01:10:13,595 Was it a pleasant trip? 741 01:10:45,954 --> 01:10:48,980 - Good morning, Mr Turner. - Martin, Sir Billy, Gussy. 742 01:10:49,080 --> 01:10:51,354 - Good day to you, Billy. - Delighted you could join us. 743 01:10:51,454 --> 01:10:53,688 Damn fine spectacle this year, Billy. 744 01:10:56,496 --> 01:10:58,521 A very fine day to you, Mr Stothard! 745 01:10:58,621 --> 01:11:00,354 What? Oh! 746 01:11:00,454 --> 01:11:02,386 Mr Turner, sir! 747 01:11:08,913 --> 01:11:11,470 - Constable. - Turner. 748 01:11:17,245 --> 01:11:19,854 - Jonesy, Carlo. - William. 749 01:11:19,954 --> 01:11:21,312 The Hanging Committee. 750 01:11:21,412 --> 01:11:23,604 - You approve? - 'Tis well hung. 751 01:11:23,704 --> 01:11:26,053 - Grazie. - Prego. 752 01:11:27,829 --> 01:11:30,105 Would everything be to your satisfaction, Mr Turner? 753 01:11:30,205 --> 01:11:32,146 It is indeed, Mr President. 754 01:11:32,245 --> 01:11:35,771 - 'Tis a splendid cornucopia. - Cornucopia! 755 01:11:35,871 --> 01:11:39,188 - Good morning, Turner. - Good morning to you, Mr Leslie. 756 01:11:39,287 --> 01:11:40,980 - Rabbie. - Good morning, Mr Turner. 757 01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:42,688 My other piece, where is it located? 758 01:11:42,788 --> 01:11:45,771 - We placed it in the anteroom. - The anteroom. 759 01:11:48,829 --> 01:11:51,053 - Mr Carew! - Turner! 760 01:11:52,621 --> 01:11:55,344 - Stanny. - Hello, Mr Turner, sir. 761 01:11:56,329 --> 01:11:58,771 - Is it for His Majesty? - Indeed. 762 01:11:58,871 --> 01:12:02,219 - I hope it meets his expectations. - It will. 763 01:12:02,954 --> 01:12:05,261 - Grout. - Mr Turner. 764 01:12:10,579 --> 01:12:15,229 - Sir John Soane! - J.M.W. Turner, esquire! 765 01:12:15,329 --> 01:12:17,312 - As I live and breathe. - My dear friend. 766 01:12:17,412 --> 01:12:19,021 Find yourself well, John? 767 01:12:19,121 --> 01:12:20,896 - Relishing the day. - Capital. 768 01:12:20,996 --> 01:12:23,229 Only now I was admiring your seascape. 769 01:12:23,329 --> 01:12:24,854 There she is. 770 01:12:24,954 --> 01:12:27,980 - Mr Pickersgill. - Good morning, William. 771 01:12:29,579 --> 01:12:31,521 He has the air of despondency upon him. 772 01:12:31,621 --> 01:12:33,938 - He is slighted. - For why? 773 01:12:34,038 --> 01:12:36,563 Yet again in the anteroom. 774 01:12:36,663 --> 01:12:40,396 They hang us where they will, Pickers. Take a guzzle of brown sherry. 775 01:12:40,496 --> 01:12:43,271 Damn fine storm you have there, Billy. 776 01:12:43,371 --> 01:12:46,053 Nimbus, Sir Billy, nimbus. 777 01:12:51,204 --> 01:12:53,720 Oh, beg your pardon, sir. 778 01:13:14,496 --> 01:13:18,271 - Carlo the Salamander. - Amico mio. 779 01:13:18,371 --> 01:13:20,980 - Harmony and unity, William - Chemise. 780 01:13:21,080 --> 01:13:23,178 - Chemise? - Lower. 781 01:13:25,621 --> 01:13:27,396 - Molto bene. - Jonesy! 782 01:13:27,496 --> 01:13:29,312 - I want you to see... - What? 783 01:13:29,412 --> 01:13:31,021 - Remember? - Remind me. 784 01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:33,021 - Pisa. - Oh, Pisa! 785 01:13:33,120 --> 01:13:34,896 - Fine around there, Gussy. - You think so? 786 01:13:34,996 --> 01:13:36,970 Oh, yeah. 787 01:13:39,329 --> 01:13:41,720 - Nelson? - With two arms. 788 01:13:45,204 --> 01:13:46,896 - Mr Leslie. - Turner. 789 01:13:46,996 --> 01:13:51,511 Little maid, gamboge gown, left foot instep, touch of highlight. 790 01:13:52,412 --> 01:13:53,646 Thank you, Turner. 791 01:13:53,746 --> 01:13:56,479 Paintings always benefit his remarks. 792 01:13:56,579 --> 01:13:59,354 Carew! This your man? 793 01:13:59,454 --> 01:14:01,021 'Tis he. 794 01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:03,771 Sports an elegant nostril, does he not, Sir John? 795 01:14:03,871 --> 01:14:06,813 - Splendid nostrils. - Thank you kindly. 796 01:14:06,913 --> 01:14:08,021 What did you say? 797 01:14:08,120 --> 01:14:10,646 Elegant pair of nostrils, Mr Stothard! 798 01:14:10,746 --> 01:14:12,845 Oh, yes. Yes, indeed. 799 01:14:59,746 --> 01:15:01,938 Why on earth would he go and do that? 800 01:15:02,037 --> 01:15:05,646 Oh, I believe Mr Turner knows well enough what he's doing, Sir Martin. 801 01:15:05,746 --> 01:15:07,980 Do you think so? 802 01:15:08,079 --> 01:15:11,813 - He's ruined a masterpiece. - I think not. 803 01:15:11,913 --> 01:15:14,396 That's too bad. That's too bad. 804 01:15:15,663 --> 01:15:17,563 He's been here and fired a gun. 805 01:15:17,663 --> 01:15:19,688 Oh, no, no. 806 01:15:19,788 --> 01:15:23,020 John, you must not upset yourself like this. 807 01:15:25,162 --> 01:15:27,229 The man's impossible. 808 01:15:27,329 --> 01:15:30,062 I mean, why would he go and destroy a perfectly good painting? 809 01:15:30,162 --> 01:15:32,178 Sheer mockery. 810 01:15:33,746 --> 01:15:35,854 My sympathy is with Constable. 811 01:15:35,954 --> 01:15:39,479 He's got a damn fine picture here and he's made a damn mockery of it. 812 01:15:39,579 --> 01:15:42,312 There's method in the madness, gentlemen. 813 01:15:42,412 --> 01:15:45,688 - If that is method, it is pure madness. - But, what is it? Is it... 814 01:15:45,788 --> 01:15:48,678 Oh, do stop that prattling laughter, Mr Carew! 815 01:15:49,704 --> 01:15:52,646 I wager we've not seen the end of this, gentlemen. 816 01:15:52,746 --> 01:15:54,386 He may surprise us yet. 817 01:15:56,412 --> 01:15:58,094 Haydon. 818 01:15:58,871 --> 01:16:00,011 Hey! 819 01:16:09,829 --> 01:16:14,052 Mr Turner. We were just wondering if... 820 01:16:18,245 --> 01:16:19,979 I said he wasn't finished. 821 01:16:41,829 --> 01:16:44,354 It's a buoy! Bravo! 822 01:16:44,454 --> 01:16:46,646 Bravo! Marvellous! 823 01:16:51,663 --> 01:16:53,771 Can you explain your rendition? 824 01:16:53,871 --> 01:16:56,062 It needs no explanation, sir. 825 01:16:56,162 --> 01:16:59,187 'Tis our Redeemer's conveyance into Jerusalem, plain as day. 826 01:16:59,287 --> 01:17:00,854 Blasphemy! 827 01:17:00,953 --> 01:17:02,604 You faring well, Mr Haydon? 828 01:17:02,704 --> 01:17:06,470 - This will be the finish of me! - 50 pounds! 829 01:17:15,704 --> 01:17:18,104 Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir, for your charity. 830 01:17:18,204 --> 01:17:20,479 - Haydon? - You have been most kind. 831 01:17:20,579 --> 01:17:22,729 Most kind in your placement. You have finished me. 832 01:17:22,829 --> 01:17:25,979 You might as well have taken my painting and put it in the outhouse. 833 01:17:26,079 --> 01:17:28,354 Better yet, taken it out of this building and thrown it in the Fleet. 834 01:17:28,454 --> 01:17:30,771 Haydon, I am hard... hard set 835 01:17:30,870 --> 01:17:32,853 - to understand your indignation. - And as for you, my pupil... 836 01:17:32,953 --> 01:17:35,979 Your painting, sir, is hanging next-door to that of Mr Turner. 837 01:17:36,079 --> 01:17:38,646 - It is in fine company. - This is treachery! 838 01:17:38,746 --> 01:17:41,729 - And do not talk to me of Turner's work. - Please lower your voice, Mr Haydon. 839 01:17:41,829 --> 01:17:44,020 His pictures look as if they were painted by somebody born without hands! 840 01:17:44,120 --> 01:17:45,771 Mr Haydon, what is your quarrel? 841 01:17:45,870 --> 01:17:48,396 What principles have you applied other than those that I gave? 842 01:17:48,496 --> 01:17:51,563 - Mr Haydon, please lower your voice. - I will not, sir! 843 01:17:51,663 --> 01:17:53,895 - What is your quarrel here? - I have no respect for you. 844 01:17:53,995 --> 01:17:57,020 I certainly do not acknowledge your presidency. 845 01:17:57,120 --> 01:17:58,354 It should have been Wilkie. 846 01:17:58,454 --> 01:18:02,062 Mr Haydon, I will not have personal attacks like this on the Academy floor. 847 01:18:02,162 --> 01:18:03,853 You will have what I choose to give you, sir. 848 01:18:03,953 --> 01:18:05,396 This would be one of the many reasons 849 01:18:05,496 --> 01:18:06,979 why you were never accepted here, Mr Haydon. 850 01:18:07,079 --> 01:18:09,563 This man... this man has spent a quarter of a century 851 01:18:09,663 --> 01:18:11,521 doing everything in his power to malign me... 852 01:18:11,621 --> 01:18:13,895 - I have done nothing of the sort. - ...and spoil my genius. 853 01:18:13,995 --> 01:18:15,853 - Refrain from this shouting, Mr Haydon. - I will not! 854 01:18:15,953 --> 01:18:18,104 - I will have you forcibly removed. - Yes, do it! 855 01:18:18,204 --> 01:18:20,563 Do it! Remove me from your nest of portrait painters! 856 01:18:20,663 --> 01:18:21,604 Have a care! 857 01:18:21,704 --> 01:18:23,354 What, sir, is wrong with being a portrait painter? 858 01:18:23,454 --> 01:18:24,979 What does it do to elevate the art? 859 01:18:25,079 --> 01:18:27,396 I received the accolade from the King for painting portraits. 860 01:18:27,496 --> 01:18:29,979 - Oh, God! I bow to him! - And damn good ones too, sir! 861 01:18:30,079 --> 01:18:34,020 Haydon, can I point out that I, too, hang in the inferior chamber? 862 01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:36,271 I care not for your work, sir. I care not a fig. 863 01:18:36,371 --> 01:18:40,187 At least my work does not represent self-portrait as ass. 864 01:18:40,287 --> 01:18:42,085 Give me those... 865 01:18:45,953 --> 01:18:48,521 - Unhand me! - Remove this man! 866 01:18:48,621 --> 01:18:51,104 You swines! You swines! 867 01:18:51,204 --> 01:18:53,729 Mr Haydon, sir, with deep regret I must inform you 868 01:18:53,828 --> 01:18:56,187 that I am on my way to the porters, 869 01:18:56,287 --> 01:18:58,521 unless you feel free to leave of your own volition. 870 01:19:00,828 --> 01:19:02,428 Please, sir. 871 01:19:04,329 --> 01:19:07,011 Stretch me no longer on this rough world. 872 01:19:09,037 --> 01:19:10,969 I'm done with you. 873 01:21:18,162 --> 01:21:21,645 'Tis nice to have a bit of company for a change. 874 01:21:21,745 --> 01:21:24,563 So you had a good walk, then? Weren't too chippy up there by Reculver? 875 01:21:24,662 --> 01:21:28,104 Somewhat blowy and the wind did kick up some white horses. 876 01:21:28,204 --> 01:21:29,937 Can do this time of year. 877 01:21:30,037 --> 01:21:32,104 In summertime, though, 'tis a lovely calm spot for a picnic 878 01:21:32,204 --> 01:21:33,603 up there by the Two Sisters, 879 01:21:33,703 --> 01:21:37,020 but in wintertime I have known the whole of Marine Terrace down here 880 01:21:37,120 --> 01:21:40,396 without a pane of glass left in the entire place. 881 01:21:40,496 --> 01:21:42,761 Oh, the glaziers do get rich. 882 01:21:43,703 --> 01:21:46,645 When Mr Booth and I moved in here, we had the whole place polished up, 883 01:21:46,745 --> 01:21:49,062 spick and span, ready for our first visitors 884 01:21:49,162 --> 01:21:51,853 and the wind did blow and the sea come up. 885 01:21:51,953 --> 01:21:54,145 We had broken glass everywhere. It were terrible. 886 01:21:54,245 --> 01:21:56,563 Mrs Booth. 887 01:21:56,662 --> 01:21:59,011 Would you be so kind as to look out of the window? 888 01:22:00,995 --> 01:22:03,145 Where? What am I looking at? 889 01:22:03,245 --> 01:22:06,470 From the tip of your nose to the bridge to the curve of your brow 890 01:22:07,454 --> 01:22:12,011 you put me in mind of a Greek sculpture I'm familiar with, of Aphrodite, 891 01:22:12,703 --> 01:22:14,844 the goddess of love. 892 01:22:15,787 --> 01:22:18,562 Oh, now! 893 01:22:18,662 --> 01:22:20,728 No one's ever said that about my nose before. 894 01:22:20,828 --> 01:22:22,052 This old snout! 895 01:22:27,162 --> 01:22:29,354 Truth to tell, my eyes aren't so good these days 896 01:22:29,454 --> 01:22:33,645 so when I do look in the looking-glass I be glad I cannot see so well. 897 01:22:33,745 --> 01:22:37,677 When I peruse myself in the looking-glass, I see a gargoyle. 898 01:22:38,703 --> 01:22:40,521 Now, you be fishing for compliments, 899 01:22:40,620 --> 01:22:44,396 and my old ma used to say, them what fish for compliments don't get none. 900 01:22:44,496 --> 01:22:48,094 Besides, 'tis what's within a person that do matter. 901 01:22:50,162 --> 01:22:52,677 I do not know you, Mr Mallard, 902 01:22:54,079 --> 01:22:59,094 and I'm sure there be things about you that are beyond my understanding, 903 01:23:00,079 --> 01:23:02,770 but I believe you to be... 904 01:23:02,870 --> 01:23:07,052 a man of great... spirit and fine feeling. 905 01:23:12,037 --> 01:23:13,594 Mrs Booth... 906 01:23:15,620 --> 01:23:18,719 you are a woman of profound beauty. 907 01:23:22,578 --> 01:23:24,178 Mr Mallard... 908 01:23:30,079 --> 01:23:32,344 I am lost for words. 909 01:23:57,787 --> 01:24:00,396 Good night, Mr Mallard, sir. 910 01:24:00,495 --> 01:24:02,520 I've cleaned your boots for'ee. 911 01:24:02,620 --> 01:24:04,552 They're by the door here. 912 01:24:07,745 --> 01:24:09,344 Mrs Booth. 913 01:24:11,287 --> 01:24:14,937 I thank you for a most convivial evening. 914 01:24:15,037 --> 01:24:16,969 I do thank you too, sir. 915 01:25:52,745 --> 01:25:56,219 If I may be so bold as to say, mate, 916 01:25:57,578 --> 01:25:59,761 as I see it, 917 01:26:00,495 --> 01:26:02,895 you're a loose cannon rolling round the deck. 918 01:26:49,370 --> 01:26:50,562 And out. 919 01:26:53,953 --> 01:26:56,104 Cover yourself up. 920 01:26:56,204 --> 01:26:57,520 Good man. 921 01:26:57,620 --> 01:27:01,229 Well, Mr Mallard is suffering from bronchitis. 922 01:27:01,328 --> 01:27:02,895 Oh... there. 923 01:27:02,995 --> 01:27:05,311 For which we prescribe the three Bs: 924 01:27:05,411 --> 01:27:07,853 - bed, balsam and broth. - Oh. 925 01:27:07,953 --> 01:27:11,853 To be administered in this case by the fourth B: the admirable Mrs Booth. 926 01:27:11,953 --> 01:27:13,311 - Oh! - Thank you. 927 01:27:13,411 --> 01:27:17,145 Now, Mrs Booth, if you would be so good as to come up to the house after four, 928 01:27:17,245 --> 01:27:18,687 I shall have the balsam prepared. 929 01:27:18,787 --> 01:27:21,311 - Indeed I shall, sir. - Good day, Mr Mallard. 930 01:27:21,411 --> 01:27:24,062 Rest the body, sir, and the soul shall find solace. 931 01:27:24,162 --> 01:27:26,853 I do thank ye, Doctor. Let me show ye out. 932 01:27:26,953 --> 01:27:29,145 - Good day to you, Mrs Booth. - Good day to you, sir. 933 01:27:54,495 --> 01:27:55,603 Gentlemen. 934 01:27:55,703 --> 01:27:57,562 Mr Turner. 935 01:27:57,662 --> 01:28:01,812 My father and I are marvelling at this glorious work. 936 01:28:01,912 --> 01:28:04,520 Er... might I be correct in remembering 937 01:28:04,620 --> 01:28:08,228 that we had the good fortune of viewing it at the Academy last summer? 938 01:28:08,328 --> 01:28:09,436 Indeed. 939 01:28:09,536 --> 01:28:13,562 Well, I must say, it is no less impressive on its second viewing. 940 01:28:13,662 --> 01:28:16,603 Perhaps even more so. Is it not, Father? 941 01:28:16,703 --> 01:28:17,895 Indeed so. 942 01:28:17,995 --> 01:28:21,145 I recall it provoked much heated and stimulating discussion 943 01:28:21,244 --> 01:28:23,228 long after our viewing. 944 01:28:23,328 --> 01:28:26,104 - It did not sell. - Indeed not? 945 01:28:26,203 --> 01:28:28,186 No, Mr Ruskin. 946 01:28:28,286 --> 01:28:31,228 - I'm astonished. - But it is a masterpiece. 947 01:28:31,328 --> 01:28:34,186 - Thackeray reviles it. - How so? 948 01:28:34,286 --> 01:28:37,853 - Sublime or ridiculous, he says. - Well, perhaps he should make up his mind. 949 01:28:37,953 --> 01:28:39,520 He has a sharp and cynical tongue. 950 01:28:39,620 --> 01:28:43,020 There is no place for cynicism in the reviewing of art. 951 01:28:44,828 --> 01:28:47,436 - 'Tis of no consequence. - Quite. 952 01:28:47,536 --> 01:28:49,594 It is purchasable. 953 01:28:50,703 --> 01:28:52,436 Enticing. 954 01:28:52,536 --> 01:28:54,510 Perhaps. 955 01:28:56,620 --> 01:29:01,645 Typhus epidemic amongst the cargo, slaves die on board, no insurance. 956 01:29:01,745 --> 01:29:05,270 Sling 'em in the drink, drowned dead, cash. 957 01:29:05,370 --> 01:29:08,228 I am struck by the column of bright white, 958 01:29:08,328 --> 01:29:11,562 placed precisely off centre here, 959 01:29:11,662 --> 01:29:15,395 applied over the darkened background, impasto, 960 01:29:15,495 --> 01:29:20,687 contrasting with the scarlet and ochre hues in the upper left corner, 961 01:29:20,787 --> 01:29:24,228 which in turn contrasts with the presence of God, 962 01:29:24,328 --> 01:29:27,770 revealing to us that hope exists 963 01:29:27,870 --> 01:29:31,144 even in the most turbulent and illimitable of deaths. 964 01:29:31,244 --> 01:29:32,761 Bluebottles. 965 01:29:33,620 --> 01:29:37,011 - Eh? - Up in the muslin. Knock 'em out. 966 01:29:38,079 --> 01:29:40,427 Well, I didn't put 'em there. 967 01:29:43,745 --> 01:29:48,311 Would it not sit splendidly above the fireplace in the library, Father? 968 01:29:48,411 --> 01:29:52,144 It would, but I fear it may be beyond our purse, John. 969 01:29:52,244 --> 01:29:54,719 I'm sure some arrangement can be come to, sir. 970 01:29:56,161 --> 01:29:57,927 Mind your heads. 971 01:29:59,453 --> 01:30:01,603 You're just... you're just knocking 'em up and down. 972 01:30:01,703 --> 01:30:03,353 Scrape 'em out. 973 01:30:03,453 --> 01:30:05,927 Now you've... Now you've knocked it over there. 974 01:30:43,370 --> 01:30:45,427 There. 'Tis a nice day for'ee. 975 01:30:49,119 --> 01:30:51,143 Au revoir, madame. 976 01:30:55,495 --> 01:30:57,218 T'other way. 977 01:30:58,495 --> 01:31:00,635 - Morning, Mrs Stokes. - Morning. 978 01:31:31,036 --> 01:31:35,645 Dr Price, Mrs Booth has summoned you here under false pretences. 979 01:31:35,745 --> 01:31:37,395 Let the doctor do his work. 980 01:31:37,495 --> 01:31:38,886 Breathe in. 981 01:31:40,370 --> 01:31:42,082 Breathe out. 982 01:31:42,495 --> 01:31:45,228 Have you been exerting yourself unduly, Mr Mallard? 983 01:31:45,328 --> 01:31:47,103 No more than is usual, sir. 984 01:31:47,203 --> 01:31:49,093 Remind me again, what is your profession? 985 01:31:50,536 --> 01:31:53,353 - Master of Chancery. - Breathe in. 986 01:31:53,453 --> 01:31:55,645 Forgive me, sir, but I beg to differ. 987 01:31:55,745 --> 01:31:57,210 Breathe out. 988 01:31:58,411 --> 01:32:01,853 I suggest that you are Mr Turner, the illustrious painter, 989 01:32:01,953 --> 01:32:05,302 and I am greatly honoured to make your acquaintance. 990 01:32:06,078 --> 01:32:07,728 My apologies to you both, 991 01:32:07,828 --> 01:32:10,687 but rest assured that my discretion can be relied upon. 992 01:32:11,912 --> 01:32:15,353 Now, allow me to examine your eyes. 993 01:32:15,453 --> 01:32:18,270 The eyes of a master. 994 01:32:18,370 --> 01:32:19,886 Open wide. 995 01:32:22,870 --> 01:32:24,385 Look up. 996 01:32:28,411 --> 01:32:31,844 Mr Turner, you are suffering from a disorder of the heart. 997 01:32:32,952 --> 01:32:35,353 There is no immediate cause for concern, Mrs Booth. 998 01:32:35,453 --> 01:32:37,436 - But he will have to be careful. - Oh, dear. 999 01:32:37,536 --> 01:32:42,936 Live moderately, sir, and you shall enjoy a long and fruitful life. 1000 01:32:43,036 --> 01:32:47,228 Exert yourself unduly and you will go to an early grave. 1001 01:32:47,328 --> 01:32:49,260 Oh, dear. 1002 01:32:50,662 --> 01:32:51,761 There, now. 1003 01:33:09,620 --> 01:33:11,469 Good day, sir. 1004 01:33:14,036 --> 01:33:16,302 Have you nothing to say to me? 1005 01:33:18,828 --> 01:33:21,177 I am most sorry for your loss. 1006 01:33:22,244 --> 01:33:24,270 Our loss, Father! 1007 01:33:24,370 --> 01:33:26,645 Your own dear daughter's funeral. 1008 01:33:26,745 --> 01:33:28,302 Indeed. 1009 01:33:31,495 --> 01:33:34,061 I did not find myself in the city. 1010 01:33:34,161 --> 01:33:38,728 As ever, sir, painting your ridiculous shipwrecks. 1011 01:33:41,662 --> 01:33:43,761 Have you no feelings? 1012 01:33:45,828 --> 01:33:47,343 Speak! 1013 01:33:53,745 --> 01:33:55,562 Come, Evelina. 1014 01:33:55,662 --> 01:33:58,510 There is nothing here for us. 1015 01:34:47,495 --> 01:34:49,594 You're tired, my dear. 1016 01:34:52,952 --> 01:34:55,852 'Tis too much of a strain for you these days, 1017 01:34:55,952 --> 01:35:00,385 trawling back and forth on that old steamer every time you wants to see me. 1018 01:35:01,620 --> 01:35:05,353 And even when they've finished building that new railway, 1019 01:35:05,453 --> 01:35:08,385 we none of us do know what lies ahead. 1020 01:35:11,495 --> 01:35:14,186 I have bethought me of a plan 1021 01:35:14,286 --> 01:35:16,936 and here is what we must do. 1022 01:35:17,036 --> 01:35:18,728 If you will find a little house for us, 1023 01:35:18,827 --> 01:35:23,343 somewhere by your beloved River Thames, but not too far from London Town, 1024 01:35:23,911 --> 01:35:26,186 with good, solid, wooden floors, 1025 01:35:26,286 --> 01:35:28,801 nice bright light for you to work by... 1026 01:35:29,911 --> 01:35:32,177 then I will buy the lease. 1027 01:35:35,745 --> 01:35:37,843 I can sell this house. 1028 01:35:39,911 --> 01:35:42,144 I think we would be happy, 1029 01:35:42,244 --> 01:35:43,852 the two of us. 1030 01:35:52,662 --> 01:35:54,144 There she is. 1031 01:35:54,244 --> 01:35:57,936 - The saucy Temeraire. - Going to her death, I fear. 1032 01:35:58,036 --> 01:35:59,436 She's served her time. 1033 01:35:59,536 --> 01:36:02,228 The auctioneer's hammer has struck that final blow. 1034 01:36:02,328 --> 01:36:03,769 Indeed. 1035 01:36:03,869 --> 01:36:07,061 If not for her, the Victory might never again have seen our shores. 1036 01:36:07,161 --> 01:36:09,144 Aye, nor the body of Lord Nelson. 1037 01:36:09,244 --> 01:36:12,186 The little saviour of Trafalgar. 1038 01:36:12,286 --> 01:36:16,562 They say 5,000 oaks went into making that ship. 1039 01:36:16,662 --> 01:36:20,061 Now she's destined to be reduced to 5,000 tables and chairs. 1040 01:36:20,161 --> 01:36:23,103 To be sat on by 5,000 fat arses. 1041 01:36:25,203 --> 01:36:26,687 Gentlemen, a toast. 1042 01:36:26,786 --> 01:36:30,936 Raise your pot of grog. To the fine, fighting Temeraire! 1043 01:36:31,036 --> 01:36:33,436 - The Temeraire! - The Temeraire! 1044 01:36:33,536 --> 01:36:35,177 Here's to her. 1045 01:36:37,286 --> 01:36:39,718 - A ghost of the past. - No, Rabbie. 1046 01:36:40,411 --> 01:36:43,469 The past is the past. We're observing the future. 1047 01:36:44,536 --> 01:36:48,260 Smoke, iron, steam. 1048 01:36:49,411 --> 01:36:51,395 She'd make a fine subject for you to paint, Turner. 1049 01:36:51,495 --> 01:36:55,343 Oh, is that so, Stanny? I shall cogitate upon it. 1050 01:36:56,203 --> 01:36:58,019 Thank you. Yeah, yeah. 1051 01:37:06,370 --> 01:37:09,353 It's that Mr Haydon. 1052 01:37:12,702 --> 01:37:15,801 He's brought a cold blast of air in with him. 1053 01:37:23,495 --> 01:37:27,228 Mr Haydon, to what do I owe the honour of your presence this morning? 1054 01:37:27,328 --> 01:37:30,978 I trust that this is not an inconvenience to you, Turner. 1055 01:37:31,078 --> 01:37:34,686 Now, will you accept ten pounds? 1056 01:37:34,786 --> 01:37:37,520 - Ten pounds, sir? - I wish to be free of the debt. 1057 01:37:37,620 --> 01:37:41,311 - It weighs heavily upon me. - Sir, you owe me 50 pounds. 1058 01:37:41,411 --> 01:37:46,103 Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle. I have been giving my lecture. 1059 01:37:46,203 --> 01:37:48,395 Edinburgh, fair city. 1060 01:37:48,495 --> 01:37:51,260 Only in London is my genius not appreciated. 1061 01:37:52,453 --> 01:37:54,852 Consider this as a statement of intent. 1062 01:37:54,952 --> 01:37:57,852 - Mr Haydon, pray be seated. - I had rather not. 1063 01:37:57,952 --> 01:38:00,103 I do not wish to prevail upon your time more than is necessary. 1064 01:38:00,203 --> 01:38:02,469 And I prevail upon you, sir, to take a seat. 1065 01:38:04,161 --> 01:38:06,718 - Where would you have me sit? - Wherever you wish. 1066 01:38:09,495 --> 01:38:11,562 - Will this suffice? - Indeed. 1067 01:38:11,661 --> 01:38:14,644 Mr Haydon, do you still find yourself in a position of impecuniousness? 1068 01:38:14,744 --> 01:38:19,885 Impecunity? Turner, that has been my constant state these 30 years. 1069 01:38:21,036 --> 01:38:23,552 You are most well-appointed here. 1070 01:38:24,203 --> 01:38:28,686 I do not recall the last time we had as much coal in our scuttle as that. 1071 01:38:28,786 --> 01:38:31,395 I fear we shall be burning our furniture this winter. 1072 01:38:31,495 --> 01:38:33,769 Does Mrs Haydon find herself faring well? 1073 01:38:33,869 --> 01:38:37,395 She does not. She has not recovered. 1074 01:38:37,495 --> 01:38:39,686 I fear that she may never do so. 1075 01:38:39,786 --> 01:38:41,718 What ails her, sir? 1076 01:38:42,536 --> 01:38:44,552 We have buried five children. 1077 01:38:46,119 --> 01:38:49,061 - Indeed? - In Paddington old churchyard 1078 01:38:49,161 --> 01:38:52,061 they remove the soil, extract the coffins, 1079 01:38:52,161 --> 01:38:53,436 dig the hole deeper, 1080 01:38:53,536 --> 01:38:57,353 then reinter the coffins with another atop. 1081 01:38:57,453 --> 01:39:00,395 Five times she has had to suffer that indignity. 1082 01:39:00,495 --> 01:39:03,469 - 'Tis pitiable. - It is pitiable, Turner. 1083 01:39:04,119 --> 01:39:06,051 You have never had to endure the loss of a child. 1084 01:39:07,827 --> 01:39:08,936 I have not, sir. 1085 01:39:09,036 --> 01:39:10,936 A dying child, 1086 01:39:11,036 --> 01:39:13,718 'tis a potent subject for a painting, is it not? 1087 01:39:15,495 --> 01:39:17,894 And what is your present endeavour, Turner? 1088 01:39:17,994 --> 01:39:21,926 - Er... marine piece. - A marine piece? 1089 01:39:23,244 --> 01:39:25,801 Do not you tire of boats and the fiery firmament? 1090 01:39:26,495 --> 01:39:28,010 I do not, sir. 1091 01:39:29,869 --> 01:39:32,353 Sometimes I consider it might make a better course for me 1092 01:39:32,453 --> 01:39:34,551 were I to set light to the house 1093 01:39:35,535 --> 01:39:39,561 with my wife, my surviving children and myself within it. 1094 01:39:39,661 --> 01:39:41,926 Then they would no longer be saddled with me. 1095 01:39:42,161 --> 01:39:46,093 Your pain is your own, sir. Do not inflict it upon your loved ones. 1096 01:39:48,453 --> 01:39:50,427 Will you take my ten pounds? 1097 01:39:52,495 --> 01:39:55,811 I will not, sir. You are free of your debt. 1098 01:39:55,911 --> 01:39:58,436 - Free? How so? - 'Tis expunged. 1099 01:39:58,535 --> 01:40:01,561 Er... no, sir. I do not come here a seeker after charity or pity. 1100 01:40:01,661 --> 01:40:04,019 You have neither charity nor pity nor debt. 1101 01:40:04,119 --> 01:40:06,019 I do not wish it in such a circumstance. 1102 01:40:06,119 --> 01:40:09,228 Mr Haydon, I am much preoccupied. 1103 01:40:09,328 --> 01:40:12,144 Me damsel, be so kind as to escort the gentleman into the street. 1104 01:40:12,244 --> 01:40:13,936 Good day to you, sir. 1105 01:40:14,036 --> 01:40:16,593 This does not sit well with me, Turner. 1106 01:40:21,119 --> 01:40:22,270 Damn his eyes. 1107 01:40:40,661 --> 01:40:43,811 - Turner and Jones. - Mr Turner, Captain Jones. 1108 01:40:43,911 --> 01:40:46,061 - It's a pleasure to see you. - Mr Ruskin! 1109 01:40:46,161 --> 01:40:47,228 Good evening to you. 1110 01:40:47,328 --> 01:40:48,644 I trust you had a pleasant journey? 1111 01:40:48,744 --> 01:40:50,436 Indeed. You find yourself well, sir? 1112 01:40:50,535 --> 01:40:53,602 I do indeed, thank you. Pride of place, Mr Turner. 1113 01:40:53,702 --> 01:40:54,852 Splendid. 1114 01:40:54,952 --> 01:40:57,186 As though the house was built around it. 1115 01:40:57,286 --> 01:40:59,885 - Please, come through. - Jonesy. 1116 01:41:04,203 --> 01:41:05,811 Er, my good husband is of the opinion 1117 01:41:05,911 --> 01:41:09,228 that the gooseberry prefers the colder climate, 1118 01:41:09,328 --> 01:41:12,811 whereas I consider that all fruits benefit from the warmth. 1119 01:41:12,911 --> 01:41:17,270 My dear late mother always insisted that both the gooseberry and the rhubarb 1120 01:41:17,370 --> 01:41:20,228 favour the colder climes of our victorious isles. 1121 01:41:20,328 --> 01:41:24,968 I do not doubt that the gooseberry for its preference may enjoy the warm, 1122 01:41:25,494 --> 01:41:30,186 however I am convinced that a cold start promotes the more vigorous specimen. 1123 01:41:30,286 --> 01:41:32,727 Are we not to take as empirical evidence 1124 01:41:32,827 --> 01:41:37,019 our many expeditions to the warmer climes of the Mediterranean 1125 01:41:37,119 --> 01:41:40,769 where we do not exactly encounter an abundance of gooseberries? 1126 01:41:40,869 --> 01:41:43,519 - Ha! Indeed. - Exactly so. 1127 01:41:43,619 --> 01:41:45,894 I did not myself savour many gooseberries in Jerusalem. 1128 01:41:45,994 --> 01:41:48,644 The holy city, Mr Turner. 1129 01:41:48,744 --> 01:41:52,103 And yet we do enjoy fine gooseberries in Scotland, 1130 01:41:52,203 --> 01:41:53,394 do we not, Mr Ruskin? 1131 01:41:53,494 --> 01:41:56,468 Aye, and no better a cold start than a good Scottish sun. 1132 01:41:57,494 --> 01:41:58,686 Exactly that. 1133 01:41:58,786 --> 01:42:03,394 Surely, regardless of how cold the start of the life of the gooseberry might be, 1134 01:42:03,494 --> 01:42:06,353 it is almost certainly destined for a warm ending. 1135 01:42:06,452 --> 01:42:10,561 To which we have all borne witness in Mrs Ruskin's excellent gooseberry pie. 1136 01:42:11,240 --> 01:42:13,644 I thank you, Captain Jones. 1137 01:42:13,744 --> 01:42:17,144 May I propose as a topic for discussion 1138 01:42:17,244 --> 01:42:21,019 the question as to the depiction of the seas and the oceans 1139 01:42:21,119 --> 01:42:22,644 in pictorial art? 1140 01:42:23,911 --> 01:42:26,936 Now, I appreciate that I am honoured 1141 01:42:27,036 --> 01:42:31,561 to be in the presence of two of our most distinguished marine painters, 1142 01:42:31,661 --> 01:42:35,019 Mr Turner and Mr Stanfield, 1143 01:42:35,119 --> 01:42:39,394 not to forget Captain Jones and Mr Roberts, of course, 1144 01:42:39,494 --> 01:42:44,144 whose realisations are confined to mere naked terra firma, 1145 01:42:44,244 --> 01:42:45,894 exemplary though they are. 1146 01:42:47,994 --> 01:42:50,686 My point being that, alas, 1147 01:42:50,786 --> 01:42:55,561 I find myself harbouring a perhaps rather controversial opinion 1148 01:42:55,661 --> 01:42:57,978 regarding the long deceased Claude. 1149 01:42:58,078 --> 01:43:01,978 - Indeed? - I am afraid so, Captain Jones. 1150 01:43:02,078 --> 01:43:03,978 I must confess 1151 01:43:04,078 --> 01:43:09,852 that I find his rendering of the sea rather insipid, dull and uninspiring. 1152 01:43:09,952 --> 01:43:12,769 That is an extremely bold statement, young Mr Ruskin. 1153 01:43:12,869 --> 01:43:14,519 Thank you very much. 1154 01:43:14,619 --> 01:43:16,519 Claude was a man of his time. 1155 01:43:16,619 --> 01:43:18,936 My point exactly, Mr Turner, 1156 01:43:19,036 --> 01:43:21,561 but that time is now long past. 1157 01:43:21,661 --> 01:43:25,394 When I experience a modern masterpiece such as yours, 1158 01:43:25,494 --> 01:43:29,644 I am struck by the clarity with which you have captured the moment. 1159 01:43:29,744 --> 01:43:32,061 Take, for example, your slave ship, 1160 01:43:32,161 --> 01:43:36,394 "Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying - Typhoon Coming On", 1161 01:43:36,494 --> 01:43:39,352 by which I have the good fortune to be greeted every morning 1162 01:43:39,452 --> 01:43:41,811 on my way into my meagre breakfast. 1163 01:43:41,911 --> 01:43:46,394 The impact of the foaming brine incarnadine 1164 01:43:46,494 --> 01:43:50,435 consuming those unfortunate Negro slaves 1165 01:43:50,535 --> 01:43:54,394 never ceases to quicken the beat of my heart. 1166 01:43:54,494 --> 01:43:58,310 Yet when I gaze upon a work of Claude 1167 01:43:58,410 --> 01:44:00,644 I find myself enduring nothing more 1168 01:44:00,744 --> 01:44:03,936 than a mere collection of precise brushstrokes 1169 01:44:04,036 --> 01:44:07,103 which instil in me no sense of awe whatsoever, 1170 01:44:07,203 --> 01:44:08,644 let alone the sea. 1171 01:44:08,744 --> 01:44:10,342 Preposterous! 1172 01:44:10,702 --> 01:44:13,384 I do beg your pardon, Mrs Ruskin. 1173 01:44:15,327 --> 01:44:17,769 - Claude Lorrain was a genius. - Quite so. 1174 01:44:17,869 --> 01:44:22,186 I sense an excess of modesty in Mr Turner and there is no need for such humility. 1175 01:44:22,285 --> 01:44:24,144 Mr Ruskin, sir, 1176 01:44:24,243 --> 01:44:29,352 to conjecture upon the matter of seascape painting is one thing 1177 01:44:29,452 --> 01:44:32,103 but to stand amongst the elements 1178 01:44:32,203 --> 01:44:37,310 and to experience and to interpret what one sees 1179 01:44:37,410 --> 01:44:38,852 is something quite other. 1180 01:44:38,952 --> 01:44:40,727 - Hear, hear. - Quite. 1181 01:44:40,827 --> 01:44:42,352 That is as it may be. 1182 01:44:42,452 --> 01:44:46,852 Claude painted from the land, looking at the sea becalmed by the harbour. 1183 01:44:46,952 --> 01:44:49,634 - Oh, indeed. - "Bless the Lord, oh my soul 1184 01:44:50,661 --> 01:44:53,352 "Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters 1185 01:44:53,452 --> 01:44:55,978 "and walketh upon the wings of the wind." 1186 01:44:56,078 --> 01:44:57,602 How apt, Mother. 1187 01:44:57,702 --> 01:44:59,019 Thank you, John. 1188 01:45:00,369 --> 01:45:02,801 When my son was but a small boy, 1189 01:45:03,827 --> 01:45:06,019 he was overheard to remark that... 1190 01:45:06,119 --> 01:45:09,394 "waves of sea are indeed lovely to watch 1191 01:45:09,494 --> 01:45:11,978 "but they are always coming or gone, 1192 01:45:12,078 --> 01:45:14,269 "never in any taken shape to be seen..." 1193 01:45:14,369 --> 01:45:16,135 - For a second. - "...a second." 1194 01:45:18,078 --> 01:45:21,686 I find myself marvelling at my own wealth of perception, 1195 01:45:21,786 --> 01:45:23,801 even at the early age of four. 1196 01:45:24,285 --> 01:45:25,519 Quite so. 1197 01:45:25,619 --> 01:45:29,978 Mr Ruskin, can I pose you a somewhat conundrous question? 1198 01:45:30,078 --> 01:45:32,010 Please do, Mr Turner. 1199 01:45:34,327 --> 01:45:37,435 To which do you find yourself the more partial, 1200 01:45:37,535 --> 01:45:42,144 a... steak and kidney pie or a veal and ham pie? 1201 01:45:46,160 --> 01:45:48,435 I must confess, Mr Turner, 1202 01:45:48,535 --> 01:45:51,644 that I find myself quite unable to answer your question 1203 01:45:51,744 --> 01:45:54,509 with the precision that I would wish. 1204 01:47:07,911 --> 01:47:09,509 Your Majesty. 1205 01:47:31,369 --> 01:47:33,217 Terribly flat. 1206 01:47:34,327 --> 01:47:37,010 - Dull. - It's rather dark, isn't it? 1207 01:47:38,327 --> 01:47:40,394 - Sir Martin. - Sir? 1208 01:47:40,494 --> 01:47:44,050 - Who is the artist? - I believe, sir, it's... 1209 01:47:49,661 --> 01:47:51,602 Mr John Ferneley, sir. 1210 01:47:51,702 --> 01:47:54,010 Oh, Mr Ferneley. 1211 01:48:16,160 --> 01:48:17,936 Turner. 1212 01:48:18,035 --> 01:48:20,593 He is clearly losing his eyesight. 1213 01:48:23,827 --> 01:48:26,342 And this one is vile. 1214 01:48:30,077 --> 01:48:31,185 Unbelievable. 1215 01:48:31,285 --> 01:48:33,394 - What it that? - I don't know. 1216 01:48:33,494 --> 01:48:36,050 A dirty, yellow mess. 1217 01:48:47,035 --> 01:48:49,811 It is a truly frightful piece. 1218 01:48:49,911 --> 01:48:52,894 It is indicative of mental disease. 1219 01:48:52,993 --> 01:48:55,301 It is wretched and abortive. 1220 01:48:59,327 --> 01:49:00,926 Sad. 1221 01:49:01,327 --> 01:49:05,686 Mr Turner seems to have taken leave of form altogether. 1222 01:49:05,786 --> 01:49:08,394 He has on former occasion chosen to paint 1223 01:49:08,494 --> 01:49:13,018 with cream or chocolate, yolk of egg or currant jelly. 1224 01:49:13,118 --> 01:49:17,394 But here he uses his whole array of kitchen stuff. 1225 01:49:17,494 --> 01:49:22,134 - Eggs and spinach. - No, soap suds and whitewash. 1226 01:49:23,285 --> 01:49:26,686 Jam tarts! Jam tarts! Fresh jam tarts! 1227 01:49:36,619 --> 01:49:38,394 Where is that wretched baker's boy? 1228 01:49:38,494 --> 01:49:40,352 His fate, I fear, he won't enjoy. 1229 01:49:40,452 --> 01:49:42,602 He will indeed the lad destroy! 1230 01:49:43,744 --> 01:49:45,519 I have an inspiration. 1231 01:49:45,619 --> 01:49:48,394 - What's that? - We're filled with fascination. 1232 01:49:48,494 --> 01:49:50,977 - What is he doing? - And why is he doing it? 1233 01:49:51,077 --> 01:49:54,018 Whatever he's brewing, we'll soon be viewing it. 1234 01:49:54,118 --> 01:49:58,811 A masterpiece I here present which Mr Turner has just sent. 1235 01:50:00,535 --> 01:50:05,394 While mostly blessed with good intent, we have our doubts. 1236 01:50:05,494 --> 01:50:07,686 But who's this gent? 1237 01:50:07,786 --> 01:50:10,811 Ye common throng and hoi polloi, 1238 01:50:10,910 --> 01:50:13,519 I am a rich and cultured boy. 1239 01:50:13,619 --> 01:50:16,769 My wealth derives from tricking knaves 1240 01:50:16,869 --> 01:50:19,352 and selling coffee, tea and slaves. 1241 01:50:19,452 --> 01:50:22,352 My house is full of things of beauty, 1242 01:50:22,452 --> 01:50:25,310 paintings, sculpture and other booty. 1243 01:50:25,410 --> 01:50:28,635 I like to drink and gourmandise... 1244 01:50:28,735 --> 01:50:30,561 But what is this that greets my eyes? 1245 01:50:30,661 --> 01:50:32,352 It is the latest thing in art. 1246 01:50:32,452 --> 01:50:34,769 It looks like bits of old jam tart. 1247 01:50:34,868 --> 01:50:39,852 'Tis Mr Turner's latest piece, which placed above your mantelpiece... 1248 01:50:39,951 --> 01:50:42,727 Oh, cease your costermonger sounds! 1249 01:50:42,827 --> 01:50:44,426 I'll buy it. 1250 01:50:45,494 --> 01:50:49,727 - Here's 1,000 pounds. - Oh, I thank you in my humble way. 1251 01:50:49,827 --> 01:50:53,727 - Don't grovel, send it round today. - I'll do so, sir, without delay. 1252 01:50:53,827 --> 01:50:57,217 Rejoice! Hurrah! Hip, hip, hooray! 1253 01:50:57,910 --> 01:50:59,935 Though ignorant of art and taste, 1254 01:51:00,035 --> 01:51:02,143 I'm filled with boundless glee, 1255 01:51:02,243 --> 01:51:06,176 for what's good enough for Turner... is good enough for me! 1256 01:51:47,661 --> 01:51:51,060 Mr Ruskin, I fail to see wherein lies the charity 1257 01:51:51,160 --> 01:51:54,060 in misleading people as to the amount of talents they possess. 1258 01:51:54,160 --> 01:51:55,851 Talent is something that lies dormant 1259 01:51:55,951 --> 01:51:58,269 and needs to be drawn out in the right circumstances. 1260 01:51:58,369 --> 01:52:00,935 If one has the opportunity to have it drawn out. 1261 01:52:01,035 --> 01:52:04,143 My wife, Effie, 1262 01:52:04,243 --> 01:52:08,143 I am still waiting for her talents to arise and be drawn out. 1263 01:52:08,243 --> 01:52:11,519 I think talents can be crushed as much as they may be drawn out. 1264 01:52:11,619 --> 01:52:12,686 Precisely. 1265 01:52:12,785 --> 01:52:14,018 Perhaps it is the duty of the husband... 1266 01:52:14,118 --> 01:52:18,593 Plutarch said, "Painting is silent poetry." 1267 01:52:33,993 --> 01:52:36,893 Are you interested in poetry, sir? 1268 01:52:36,993 --> 01:52:39,800 Sublime. 1269 01:52:46,202 --> 01:52:47,593 Loneliness... 1270 01:52:49,993 --> 01:52:52,092 solitude... 1271 01:52:52,993 --> 01:52:55,593 'tis not the same. 1272 01:52:57,035 --> 01:53:00,134 Indeed not, Mr Turner. 1273 01:53:01,160 --> 01:53:02,967 It will come. 1274 01:53:04,369 --> 01:53:09,050 Mrs Ruskin... it will come. 1275 01:53:11,285 --> 01:53:12,717 Love. 1276 01:53:27,868 --> 01:53:29,435 What is the hour? 1277 01:53:29,535 --> 01:53:31,893 - Five-and-twenty to seven. - Oh. 1278 01:53:31,993 --> 01:53:33,593 Oh, God! 1279 01:53:44,118 --> 01:53:46,674 The sun's up in all its glory. 1280 01:53:47,619 --> 01:53:49,551 I must get on. 1281 01:54:09,868 --> 01:54:12,800 - Don't you want your breakfast? - No, thank you kindly. 1282 01:54:18,118 --> 01:54:20,269 Are you faring well? 1283 01:54:20,369 --> 01:54:22,426 Yes, thank you. 1284 01:54:23,660 --> 01:54:26,468 - And yourself? - Yes, yes. 1285 01:54:29,160 --> 01:54:31,519 Will I be seeing you tonight? 1286 01:54:31,619 --> 01:54:33,925 - Unlikely. - Tomorrow? 1287 01:54:35,535 --> 01:54:37,717 - No. - Oh. 1288 01:54:41,494 --> 01:54:44,759 I might as well stop changing the bed sheets in here. 1289 01:55:14,452 --> 01:55:16,050 Mr Booth! 1290 01:55:40,035 --> 01:55:41,592 Good day to you. 1291 01:55:52,826 --> 01:55:55,717 - 'Tis warmer now. - Sultry day. 1292 01:55:59,494 --> 01:56:02,185 - Ooh, what d'you have there? - Bit of drift bark. 1293 01:56:04,160 --> 01:56:06,259 Has the look of a fallen angel. 1294 01:56:07,327 --> 01:56:09,967 Pretty colours. 1295 01:56:13,452 --> 01:56:15,185 Oh! Sticky. 1296 01:56:18,077 --> 01:56:19,842 Horrid parched. 1297 01:56:54,077 --> 01:56:57,102 - Good morning, sir. - A very good day to you, sir. 1298 01:56:57,202 --> 01:56:59,217 Nice day, sir. 1299 01:57:06,410 --> 01:57:08,227 Good morning, sir. 1300 01:57:08,327 --> 01:57:10,143 Greetings and welcome. 1301 01:57:10,243 --> 01:57:11,893 A hearty good morning to you, sir. 1302 01:57:11,993 --> 01:57:14,893 - Now, you would be Mr... - Mr Booth. 1303 01:57:14,993 --> 01:57:17,851 Booth, yes. Mr Booth. 1304 01:57:17,951 --> 01:57:20,685 - At the appointed hour, I believe. - Indeed, sir. 1305 01:57:20,785 --> 01:57:22,394 Mayall, John Mayall. 1306 01:57:22,493 --> 01:57:24,352 I had made that assumption, sir. 1307 01:57:24,451 --> 01:57:26,601 At your service, Mr Booth. 1308 01:57:26,701 --> 01:57:30,352 Now, if you would be so kind as to make yourself comfortable... 1309 01:57:30,451 --> 01:57:32,935 - This is the contraption? - Indeed, sir. 1310 01:57:33,035 --> 01:57:35,342 That is what we call the camera. 1311 01:57:36,160 --> 01:57:38,518 - The cam-ra? - Yes, sir. 1312 01:57:38,618 --> 01:57:40,018 Not the cam-er? 1313 01:57:40,118 --> 01:57:42,851 Er... no, sir. The camera. 1314 01:57:42,951 --> 01:57:44,893 - The camera? - Yes, sir. 1315 01:57:44,993 --> 01:57:47,102 As in camera obscura? 1316 01:57:47,202 --> 01:57:50,143 Precisely, sir. The camera. 1317 01:57:50,243 --> 01:57:53,018 Now, if I may ask you to take a seat, please, here. 1318 01:57:53,118 --> 01:57:55,310 - Name of manufacturer? - Er... 1319 01:57:55,410 --> 01:57:57,560 It comes to us from the United States, sir. 1320 01:57:57,660 --> 01:57:59,601 The name eludes you? 1321 01:57:59,701 --> 01:58:01,425 Oh, no, sir. 1322 01:58:02,202 --> 01:58:05,310 My name eludes me from time to time. 1323 01:58:05,409 --> 01:58:07,301 Indeed, sir? 1324 01:58:08,369 --> 01:58:09,518 Now... 1325 01:58:17,785 --> 01:58:22,185 I denote from your brogue that you hail from the Americas. 1326 01:58:22,285 --> 01:58:24,518 From the fine city of Philadelphia, sir. 1327 01:58:24,618 --> 01:58:27,352 Philadelphia? 'Tis on the eastern coast, is it not? 1328 01:58:27,451 --> 01:58:28,726 That is correct, sir. 1329 01:58:30,160 --> 01:58:33,643 You shall have to forgive the whip-crack of my knees. 1330 01:58:33,743 --> 01:58:38,009 - Hat on or hat off? - Er... may I ask your profession, sir? 1331 01:58:38,660 --> 01:58:40,393 Master of Chancery. 1332 01:58:40,493 --> 01:58:43,102 - A man of the law. - Indeed. 1333 01:58:43,202 --> 01:58:46,685 Then I should recommend the hat on, sir. 1334 01:58:46,785 --> 01:58:50,185 Now, if I might deploy this device... 1335 01:58:50,285 --> 01:58:52,176 Hey! 1336 01:58:52,910 --> 01:58:54,560 What is this heinous implement? 1337 01:58:54,660 --> 01:58:56,935 Merely a gentle holding brace, sir. 1338 01:58:57,035 --> 01:58:59,009 Puts me in mind of a surgical instrument. 1339 01:58:59,451 --> 01:59:01,810 - Does it hurt? - Not in the slightest, I assure you. 1340 01:59:01,910 --> 01:59:04,380 So, if I may... 1341 01:59:07,451 --> 01:59:09,851 Not too uncomfortable for you, Mr Booth? 1342 01:59:11,409 --> 01:59:12,434 Thank you, sir. 1343 01:59:12,534 --> 01:59:15,269 What is the significance of the looking-glass? 1344 01:59:15,368 --> 01:59:19,508 It is to illuminate your good self, sir. 1345 01:59:22,118 --> 01:59:23,768 As the sun upon a lake. 1346 01:59:23,868 --> 01:59:27,518 Oh! Most droll, Mr Booth. 1347 01:59:27,618 --> 01:59:28,851 Most droll. 1348 01:59:31,743 --> 01:59:35,310 What is concealed behind the small brass cap? 1349 01:59:35,409 --> 01:59:39,685 - An optic? - Yes, sir, a glass lens. 1350 01:59:39,785 --> 01:59:41,217 As a telescope? 1351 01:59:41,993 --> 01:59:44,434 Not unlike a telescope, sir. 1352 01:59:44,534 --> 01:59:46,143 Thank you, Cornelius. 1353 01:59:46,243 --> 01:59:49,102 - It is prismatic? - I fear not, sir. 1354 01:59:49,202 --> 01:59:51,851 - It is an achromatic lens. - Achromatic. 1355 01:59:51,951 --> 01:59:54,467 Now, let me peruse you. 1356 01:59:56,118 --> 01:59:59,560 Why are you shrouded in the manner of a condemned monk? 1357 01:59:59,660 --> 02:00:02,592 I am simply shutting out the light, Mr Booth. 1358 02:00:04,077 --> 02:00:06,393 Splendid, sir. 1359 02:00:06,493 --> 02:00:09,143 The image you create is not of colour. 1360 02:00:09,243 --> 02:00:10,560 For why? 1361 02:00:10,660 --> 02:00:14,393 Er... I am afraid that is a question we have yet to answer, sir. 1362 02:00:14,493 --> 02:00:16,434 It is a mystery. 1363 02:00:16,534 --> 02:00:17,810 Thank you, Cornelius. 1364 02:00:17,910 --> 02:00:20,393 And long may it remain so. 1365 02:00:20,493 --> 02:00:25,143 Now, if I may ask you to focus your gaze here, on the flowers, 1366 02:00:25,243 --> 02:00:27,851 and we are almost ready. 1367 02:00:27,951 --> 02:00:29,601 Thank you, Cornelius. 1368 02:00:34,409 --> 02:00:35,393 Now... 1369 02:00:35,493 --> 02:00:40,550 I will require your absolute stillness for the next ten seconds. 1370 02:00:44,451 --> 02:00:46,925 And... we begin. 1371 02:01:07,118 --> 02:01:09,226 And there we have it. 1372 02:01:09,326 --> 02:01:12,884 - 'Tis done? - It is finished, sir. 1373 02:01:13,868 --> 02:01:16,434 I fear that I, too, am finished. 1374 02:01:16,534 --> 02:01:18,393 Oh, come, come, sir. 1375 02:01:21,868 --> 02:01:23,601 This be one of them there photographs. 1376 02:01:24,743 --> 02:01:27,018 The Queen had one of these taken with Prince Albert. 1377 02:01:27,118 --> 02:01:29,143 - Did she so? - She did. 1378 02:01:31,242 --> 02:01:33,810 Oh, you do look most handsome. 1379 02:01:33,910 --> 02:01:36,050 - 'Tis known as a daguerreotype. - Oh. 1380 02:01:37,077 --> 02:01:38,592 Whatever next? 1381 02:01:39,493 --> 02:01:42,102 - Where'd you have this done, then? - Up in town on the Strand. 1382 02:01:42,201 --> 02:01:43,800 Fellow with a box. 1383 02:01:49,618 --> 02:01:51,351 - We're going there. - Where? 1384 02:01:51,451 --> 02:01:53,560 - Have our likeness taken. - When? 1385 02:01:53,660 --> 02:01:55,685 - Thursday. - Oh. 1386 02:01:55,785 --> 02:01:58,018 I've arranged an appointment. 1387 02:01:58,118 --> 02:02:00,518 - Well, you'll have to cancel it. - 'Tis painless. 1388 02:02:00,618 --> 02:02:02,393 Oh, I care not. 1389 02:02:02,493 --> 02:02:04,643 You don't want my old face in one of these. 1390 02:02:04,743 --> 02:02:07,341 I do, the two of us together. 1391 02:02:08,160 --> 02:02:09,800 Forever. 1392 02:02:12,826 --> 02:02:14,884 I do thank you for this. 1393 02:02:15,660 --> 02:02:17,592 But I ain't going. 1394 02:02:22,118 --> 02:02:23,967 'Tis the camera. 1395 02:02:25,451 --> 02:02:28,143 Mr Mayall, may I beg your indulgence with a question? 1396 02:02:28,242 --> 02:02:29,518 Why, certainly, sir. 1397 02:02:29,618 --> 02:02:31,518 Do you take landscapes with your contraption? 1398 02:02:31,618 --> 02:02:34,601 - I do, sir, from time to time. - Such as what? 1399 02:02:34,701 --> 02:02:37,842 Why, I have recorded the great falls of Niagara, sir. 1400 02:02:38,785 --> 02:02:41,393 - The Niagara Falls? - Indeed, sir. 1401 02:02:41,493 --> 02:02:43,643 The greatest wonder in nature. 1402 02:02:43,743 --> 02:02:47,508 It was there that I was once able to capture a rainbow. 1403 02:02:49,077 --> 02:02:51,092 I'm green-eyed with envy. 1404 02:02:52,118 --> 02:02:54,050 The Niagara Falls... 1405 02:02:54,660 --> 02:02:58,393 is a natural phenomenon that I have long desired to witness. 1406 02:02:58,493 --> 02:03:00,142 Is that so, sir? 1407 02:03:00,242 --> 02:03:03,935 Now, madam, sir, if I may ask you to fix your gaze here 1408 02:03:04,035 --> 02:03:06,018 upon these beautiful flowers. 1409 02:03:06,117 --> 02:03:07,726 Thank you, Cornelius. 1410 02:03:07,826 --> 02:03:09,341 Niagara Falls. 1411 02:03:11,159 --> 02:03:14,018 Soon painters will go about the world 1412 02:03:14,117 --> 02:03:16,977 with a box, like a tinker, 1413 02:03:17,077 --> 02:03:20,101 instead of a portfolio under their arms. 1414 02:03:20,201 --> 02:03:23,351 Well, I'm sure they will, sir. I'm sure they will. 1415 02:03:24,701 --> 02:03:28,768 Now, if you are comfortable, madam, sir, 1416 02:03:28,868 --> 02:03:31,216 we may proceed. 1417 02:04:03,910 --> 02:04:05,925 - Thank you, miss. - Thank you, sir. 1418 02:04:12,660 --> 02:04:15,884 - Your good health, sir. - And yours, Mr Gillott. 1419 02:04:20,034 --> 02:04:21,393 - Turner. - Sir. 1420 02:04:21,493 --> 02:04:23,851 - I have a proposition to make. - Oh? 1421 02:04:23,951 --> 02:04:26,268 - I like your pictures. - Well, thank you, sir. 1422 02:04:26,368 --> 02:04:27,851 My wife is especially partial 1423 02:04:27,951 --> 02:04:30,643 to your companion pieces that grace our drawing room. 1424 02:04:30,743 --> 02:04:33,601 Please convey my felicitations to your dear lady. 1425 02:04:33,701 --> 02:04:35,592 I will, thank you. 1426 02:04:37,618 --> 02:04:40,560 And now I wish to show you one of my pictures. 1427 02:04:40,660 --> 02:04:43,258 Oh, indeed, sir? I am much intrigued. 1428 02:04:47,826 --> 02:04:49,726 Five-pound note, exceeding pretty. 1429 02:04:49,826 --> 02:04:51,309 Quite so. 1430 02:04:51,409 --> 02:04:54,393 For all of your paintings, I will give you 20,000 of these, 1431 02:04:54,493 --> 02:04:56,633 100,000 pounds. 1432 02:04:57,534 --> 02:05:02,184 All your oils, your watercolours, your drawings, your sketchbooks, 1433 02:05:02,284 --> 02:05:03,977 everything you've ever produced. 1434 02:05:04,076 --> 02:05:06,592 100,000 pounds. What do you say? 1435 02:05:11,326 --> 02:05:13,518 Turner, I am a man of wealth, 1436 02:05:13,618 --> 02:05:15,601 a self-made man. 1437 02:05:15,701 --> 02:05:18,226 Throughout the world three quarters of everything that is written 1438 02:05:18,326 --> 02:05:20,884 is written with a Gillott pen nib, one of my nibs. 1439 02:05:21,868 --> 02:05:24,268 I enjoy my wealth. 1440 02:05:24,368 --> 02:05:27,592 Two things delight me in my life: 1441 02:05:28,368 --> 02:05:31,142 fashioning a nib from steel and making money, 1442 02:05:31,242 --> 02:05:34,643 and I like to spend my money on things that give me pleasure. 1443 02:05:34,743 --> 02:05:37,851 And your pictures give me much pleasure. 1444 02:05:37,951 --> 02:05:40,393 I want them, all of them. 1445 02:05:40,493 --> 02:05:42,550 Sir... 1446 02:05:43,826 --> 02:05:46,560 with a modicum of regret 1447 02:05:46,660 --> 02:05:48,434 and somewhat of a heavy heart, 1448 02:05:48,534 --> 02:05:52,925 I'm sorry to say, 'tis out of the question. 1449 02:05:54,076 --> 02:05:56,393 - How so? - They are bequeathed. 1450 02:05:56,493 --> 02:05:58,560 Bequeathed? To whom? 1451 02:05:58,660 --> 02:06:00,508 To the British nation, sir. 1452 02:06:01,326 --> 02:06:04,008 And what will the British nation pay you? 1453 02:06:06,242 --> 02:06:09,184 - Nothing. - Nothing? 1454 02:06:09,284 --> 02:06:12,017 Turner, I am offering you a price you will never see again. 1455 02:06:12,117 --> 02:06:14,726 Indeed, sir, by which I am much humbled. 1456 02:06:14,826 --> 02:06:17,425 - Then accept my offer. - I cannot, sir. 1457 02:06:18,242 --> 02:06:20,216 I wish to see my work... 1458 02:06:21,493 --> 02:06:23,842 displayed in one place, 1459 02:06:24,534 --> 02:06:26,685 all together, 1460 02:06:26,785 --> 02:06:28,175 viewed by the public, 1461 02:06:28,909 --> 02:06:30,800 gratis. 1462 02:06:31,950 --> 02:06:33,759 Turner, this is perverse. 1463 02:06:35,117 --> 02:06:37,518 - So be it. - You cannot give your pictures away. 1464 02:06:37,618 --> 02:06:41,425 They are too valuable. Don't be a fool, man. See sense. 1465 02:07:00,368 --> 02:07:02,560 - I wish you good day, sir. - I wish you good day, sir. 1466 02:07:02,660 --> 02:07:05,341 Me damsel, be so kind as to show the gentleman out? 1467 02:07:34,992 --> 02:07:36,685 Oh, there! Oh! 1468 02:07:36,785 --> 02:07:38,768 Oh, there. 1469 02:07:38,867 --> 02:07:40,685 Oh! Oh, there. Stay there, stay there. 1470 02:07:40,785 --> 02:07:43,101 - Don't move. - I... slipped. 1471 02:07:43,201 --> 02:07:44,717 Oh, Lord. 1472 02:07:45,826 --> 02:07:48,226 - Oh, dear. All right? - It's passing. 1473 02:07:48,326 --> 02:07:49,393 There, stay. 1474 02:07:49,493 --> 02:07:51,892 Stay there. Oh, my dear. 1475 02:07:51,992 --> 02:07:53,726 - Oh, there. - No. 1476 02:07:53,825 --> 02:07:56,351 It's passed. I've got to get on. 1477 02:07:56,451 --> 02:07:59,351 No, no, no, no. Sit ye down, sit ye down. 1478 02:07:59,451 --> 02:08:02,934 No, no. Got to get on now. Got to get on now. 1479 02:08:03,034 --> 02:08:05,309 - No, you must sit down and rest now. - The canvas. 1480 02:08:05,409 --> 02:08:07,643 - The canvas is damaged. - Oh, that's all right. 1481 02:08:07,743 --> 02:08:10,142 Come and sit down. Sit ye down. 1482 02:08:10,242 --> 02:08:12,017 - There. - Now, bustle about. 1483 02:08:12,117 --> 02:08:15,841 - Bustle about. - Oh, there! There be no helping you! 1484 02:08:31,867 --> 02:08:33,643 "Be still, my dear Molly 1485 02:08:33,743 --> 02:08:35,184 "Dear Molly, be still 1486 02:08:35,284 --> 02:08:38,142 "No more urge that soft sigh to thy will 1487 02:08:38,242 --> 02:08:41,309 "It is anxious each wish to fulfil 1488 02:08:41,409 --> 02:08:44,434 "But I prithee, dear Molly, be still 1489 02:08:44,534 --> 02:08:48,393 "By thy lips' quivering motion I ween 1490 02:08:48,493 --> 02:08:52,759 "To the centre of... where love lies between 1491 02:08:55,743 --> 02:08:59,059 "A passport to bliss is thy will 1492 02:08:59,159 --> 02:09:03,592 - "Yet I prithee, dear Molly, be still" - "Dear Molly, be still" 1493 02:09:04,284 --> 02:09:07,934 "By thy eyes when half-closed with delight 1494 02:09:08,034 --> 02:09:10,226 "That so languishing turn from the light 1495 02:09:10,326 --> 02:09:13,758 "With my kisses I'll hide 'em, I will 1496 02:09:14,742 --> 02:09:19,393 - "Yet, prithee, dear Molly, be still" - "Yet, prithee, dear Molly, be still" 1497 02:09:19,493 --> 02:09:22,351 "By thy bosom so throbbing with truth 1498 02:09:22,451 --> 02:09:27,383 "Its short heavings to me... speak reproof 1499 02:09:28,534 --> 02:09:32,226 "By the half-blushing mark on each hill 1500 02:09:32,326 --> 02:09:36,091 "Oh, my Molly, dear Molly, be still." 1501 02:11:44,867 --> 02:11:46,850 Thank you. How many do you want? 1502 02:11:46,950 --> 02:11:48,383 - One, please. - One? 1503 02:11:50,242 --> 02:11:51,841 There you go. 1504 02:12:09,575 --> 02:12:10,883 There. 1505 02:12:14,825 --> 02:12:16,705 What ails thee? 1506 02:12:16,976 --> 02:12:18,799 Let me take your hat. 1507 02:12:23,700 --> 02:12:25,226 Here. 1508 02:12:25,326 --> 02:12:28,268 - My sketchbook. - Oh. 1509 02:12:28,368 --> 02:12:31,434 - It's not here. - 'Tis in your other pocket, then? 1510 02:12:31,534 --> 02:12:34,393 - No, it's not. - Don't ye worry about it now. 1511 02:12:34,493 --> 02:12:37,632 'Twill be somewhere. We can look for it later. 1512 02:12:38,992 --> 02:12:40,976 Where is the canvas? 1513 02:12:41,076 --> 02:12:44,049 'Tis behind you, dear, on the chair. 1514 02:12:48,034 --> 02:12:50,549 - You want I should take it upstairs? - What? 1515 02:12:51,368 --> 02:12:52,799 Your canvas. 1516 02:12:53,493 --> 02:12:55,383 No, no, no, no, no. 1517 02:12:59,493 --> 02:13:01,258 I'll get you a drink. 1518 02:13:07,484 --> 02:13:09,059 There. 1519 02:13:16,950 --> 02:13:18,049 So... 1520 02:13:19,742 --> 02:13:23,059 where have you been today? 1521 02:13:23,159 --> 02:13:25,805 Did you go back to Hyde Park? 1522 02:13:28,575 --> 02:13:30,632 How be it all progressing? 1523 02:13:32,159 --> 02:13:34,549 It's an engineering phenomenon. 1524 02:13:35,825 --> 02:13:39,091 Crystal pane upon crystal pane, 1525 02:13:39,867 --> 02:13:41,892 reaching up beyond the clouds. 1526 02:13:41,992 --> 02:13:44,475 'Twill be a marvel to behold. 1527 02:13:46,034 --> 02:13:48,091 It's a glass cathedral. 1528 02:13:51,659 --> 02:13:53,300 It's the one... 1529 02:13:55,401 --> 02:13:56,600 Oh, here. 1530 02:14:06,117 --> 02:14:07,966 Oh, there. 1531 02:14:09,825 --> 02:14:11,515 Oh, there. 1532 02:14:22,492 --> 02:14:25,767 So bad! Look at your messings. 1533 02:14:27,159 --> 02:14:29,341 Naughty pussy. 1534 02:14:33,492 --> 02:14:35,175 I don't know! 1535 02:15:15,867 --> 02:15:19,049 Now, dear, here be good Dr Price for ye. 1536 02:15:19,825 --> 02:15:22,309 He has come all the way from Margate. 1537 02:15:22,408 --> 02:15:24,809 - Dr Price. - Good morning, Turner. 1538 02:15:24,909 --> 02:15:26,767 If there be anything you do need, Doctor... 1539 02:15:26,867 --> 02:15:30,216 - Thank you, Mrs Booth. - ...I shall be downstairs. 1540 02:15:31,034 --> 02:15:34,382 Now, my dear Turner, how are you feeling? 1541 02:15:34,742 --> 02:15:37,767 Somewhat weakened, sir. 1542 02:15:37,867 --> 02:15:39,674 I'm so sorry. 1543 02:15:44,492 --> 02:15:46,392 We all miss you in Margate. 1544 02:15:50,950 --> 02:15:52,934 Margate, yes. 1545 02:15:53,034 --> 02:15:54,549 Are you in pain? 1546 02:15:55,242 --> 02:15:56,632 Here. 1547 02:15:57,326 --> 02:15:59,507 - Shortness of breath? - Yes. 1548 02:16:00,492 --> 02:16:02,091 Now, then... 1549 02:16:04,825 --> 02:16:07,059 Did you come up on the railway? 1550 02:16:07,159 --> 02:16:11,684 I did, and the truth is, I can never travel by train 1551 02:16:11,784 --> 02:16:14,268 without recalling your miraculous painting. 1552 02:16:24,825 --> 02:16:29,591 My dear Turner, I am obliged to inform you that your condition is grave. 1553 02:16:31,784 --> 02:16:33,934 Your days are numbered 1554 02:16:34,034 --> 02:16:37,059 and if you have affairs to attend to in this world 1555 02:16:37,159 --> 02:16:41,424 you should do so now and prepare yourself for the next. 1556 02:16:42,034 --> 02:16:43,507 Dr Price... 1557 02:16:45,159 --> 02:16:47,725 with the utmost respect, 1558 02:16:47,825 --> 02:16:52,684 may I suggest you take yourself downstairs to Mrs Booth, 1559 02:16:52,784 --> 02:16:56,392 avail yourself of a large glass of sherry, 1560 02:16:56,492 --> 02:17:00,591 come back up here and reassess your opinion? 1561 02:17:01,825 --> 02:17:04,924 No, sir, I'm afraid I shan't be doing that. 1562 02:17:10,159 --> 02:17:13,466 So I'm to become a non-entity. 1563 02:17:14,825 --> 02:17:18,101 I do not understand exactly what you mean by a non-entity. 1564 02:17:25,325 --> 02:17:28,101 - Good day to you, Doctor. - Good day, Mrs Booth. Thank you. 1565 02:17:28,201 --> 02:17:30,850 Oh, I shall send out for the laudanum directly. 1566 02:17:30,950 --> 02:17:32,767 Splendid. He couldn't be in better hands. 1567 02:17:32,867 --> 02:17:34,308 I do my best. 1568 02:17:34,408 --> 02:17:37,725 So, will you be taking the boat back from Chelsea Pier there? 1569 02:17:37,825 --> 02:17:40,475 Indeed. I shall catch the midday train from Charing Cross. 1570 02:17:40,575 --> 02:17:44,101 Well, I do wish'ee a safe journey, and I thank you, Doctor. 1571 02:17:44,201 --> 02:17:46,049 I shall return shortly. 1572 02:18:26,867 --> 02:18:28,382 Number six. 1573 02:18:47,950 --> 02:18:49,392 - I need a rest. - Pardon? 1574 02:18:49,492 --> 02:18:51,091 I need a rest. 1575 02:18:57,659 --> 02:18:59,758 Can we help, my dear? 1576 02:19:03,784 --> 02:19:07,600 - I'm looking for an old gentleman. - An old gentleman? 1577 02:19:07,700 --> 02:19:10,976 - Do you have a name? - There's a lot of old gentlemen round here. 1578 02:19:11,076 --> 02:19:13,183 - He lives next door. - Number six. 1579 02:19:13,283 --> 02:19:17,215 There is an old gentleman lives next-door with his good lady wife. 1580 02:19:18,117 --> 02:19:20,424 They say he has the sickness. 1581 02:19:22,450 --> 02:19:24,215 Are you a relative? 1582 02:19:29,283 --> 02:19:30,966 No matter. 1583 02:19:32,200 --> 02:19:33,892 - Good day. - Good day. 1584 02:19:33,992 --> 02:19:35,257 Good day. 1585 02:19:52,963 --> 02:19:56,100 No, 'tis I. 'Tis I. There! 1586 02:19:56,200 --> 02:19:58,924 'tis I. 1587 02:20:03,158 --> 02:20:06,059 Poor, wretched soul. 1588 02:20:06,158 --> 02:20:08,257 She be drowned dead. 1589 02:20:09,241 --> 02:20:10,976 There. 1590 02:20:11,076 --> 02:20:13,966 The suffering she must have seen. 1591 02:20:16,492 --> 02:20:19,215 If there be a God, he be a cruel one. 1592 02:20:23,909 --> 02:20:27,684 - What are you doing? - I have to sketch her. 1593 02:20:27,784 --> 02:20:31,183 Get back into bed now, Joseph Mallord William Turner! 1594 02:20:31,283 --> 02:20:35,382 No, no, no, no, no, no. There be no shoes on your feet! 1595 02:20:46,492 --> 02:20:47,758 Poor creature. 1596 02:21:00,575 --> 02:21:02,725 Oh, there. Let me take you in. 1597 02:21:02,825 --> 02:21:04,350 There... No! 1598 02:21:04,450 --> 02:21:07,183 Come in. You can finish that later. 1599 02:21:45,867 --> 02:21:47,883 Me damsel... 1600 02:22:08,241 --> 02:22:10,632 The sun is God. 1600 02:22:11,305 --> 02:22:17,332 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org