Shining light on Turner work at National Gallery

THE 2013 January exhibition of watercolours by JMW Turner at the National Gallery of Ireland includes the entire Vaughan bequest and five other watercolours acquired in recent years.

In 1900 the gallery accepted a bequest of 31 drawings and watercolours by Turner from English collector Henry Vaughan (1809-99).

The stipulation was that the works would be displayed only in January when natural light levels are at their lowest.