Charles Turner
(1773-1857), EngraverSitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 634 portraits
Born in Oxfordshire, Turner moved to London in around 1789 where he spent seven years apprenticed to the engraver John Jones and studying at the Royal Academy schools. He was employed by the engraver and publisher Boydell, working in stipple and aquatint as well as mezzotint. Turner became the most important mezzotint engraver of his day and in 1812 was appointed engraver-in-ordinary to the king. He was a close friend of J.M.W. Turner, and engraved many of the artists' paintings. He produced more than six hundred plates, of which about two-thirds were portraits. He was elected associate engraver at the Royal Academy in 1828, and exhibited there until the year he died.
Lavinia Spencer (née Bingham), Countess Spencer
by Charles Turner, published by Robert Cribb & Son, after Sir Martin Archer Shee
mezzotint, published 24 July 1804 (1802)
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Rosoman Mountain (née Wilkinson)
by Charles Turner, after John James Masquerier
mezzotint, published 1804
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by and published by Charles Turner, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 18 November 1805 (1805)
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by and published by Charles Turner, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 27 February 1805 (circa 1800)
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by and published by Charles Turner, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 27 February 1805 (circa 1800)
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by Charles Turner, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 17 August 1805
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by and published by Charles Turner, after John James Halls
mezzotint, published 11 January 1805
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by Charles Turner, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 6 May 1805 (1789)
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by and published by Charles Turner, after Sir Henry Raeburn
mezzotint, published 27 October 1805 (circa 1798)
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by Charles Turner, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 1805
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by and published by Charles Turner, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 27 February 1805 (circa 1800)
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by Charles Turner, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1805 (circa 1800)
NPG D3091
by Charles Turner, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 17 August 1805
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by Charles Turner, published by Colnaghi & Co, after George Romney
mezzotint, published 1806
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by Charles Turner, after Benjamin Marshall
mezzotint, published 1806
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by and published by Charles Turner, published by and after James Ramsay
mezzotint, published 25 October 1806
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by Charles Turner, published by Robert Cribb, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1 May 1806
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
by Charles Turner, published by Robert Cribb, after Henry Walton
mezzotint, published 1 May 1806
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Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
by Charles Turner, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1806
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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
by Charles Turner, after Henry Walton
mezzotint, published 1806
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