piano-forte-maker

Updated: May 23, 2025

Turner was tempted to exclaim now and then about his arch-critic 'He knows a great deal more about my pictures than I do. He puts things into my head, and points out meanings in them that I never intended. A silver salver, engraved with heraldic devices, seen at the house of Mr. Tomkisson, the famous piano-forte-maker, is said to have first inspired the boy Turner with a love for art.

Dutton Cook - Art in England: Notes and Studies