The death has occurred at Berwick of Mrs Margaret Smith, aged 91, niece of Thomas Sword Good, the “genre” painter. Turner frequently visited Good, who accompanied him on his Border tours, and Mrs Smith remembered seeing Turner mix snuff with his paints to get the proper tone. When Good went with Turner to Norham Turner lifted his hat and bowed to the building, explaining that his picture of it made his name.
@volunge, our administrator hasn’t been active in the snufftaking world for quite some time, so he’s not focused anymore on running this website. Maybe it will come back someday, but I’m not sure it will ever happen.