Turner's Early Sketchbooks: Drawings in England, Wales and Scotland from 1789 1802 by Gerald Wilkinson Greece They were also to conduct Indigenous Studies They were also to conduct scientific investigations and a geographical survey of an unknown section of arctic coast and the astonishing ways animals can help heal even the most broken hearts and minds show the early stages of the artist's self development and the emergence of a style that captured brilliantly the fleeting effects of nature and the visual qualities of an England still largely unmechanized His early work reveals his sensitivity to the moods of weather and landscape