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Charles Henry Turner papers, 1875-circa 1973, bulk circa 1890-circa 1910

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Series 1: Charles Henry Turner Papers , 1875-circa 1973
0.5 Linear feet
Box 1, OV 2, MGP 1-2

The collection includes an annotated auction catalog and a price list of Turner's paintings sold at auction in 1910. Biographical material consists of biographical notes on Turner created by Turner's granddaughter, as well as a death notice and an obituary for Turner. Correspondence comprises four letters to Turner, primarily regarding portrait commissions, and an illustrated letter from Turner to his granddaughter.
Artwork by Turner includes six oils including a self-portrait, two etchings and eighteen etching plates, five watercolors created for the annual costume ball of the Boston Arts Club, two watercolors of Turner's studio, a sketchbook with four watercolors, and a portrait on wood "after David Neal." Also found are three silk etchings by Edmond H. Garrett.
Printed material includes Turner's signed copy of The Art of Painting and Drawing in Colored Crayons by Henry Murray.
Photographs include two portraits of Turner and photographs of Turner's wife, Elsie, including two cyanotypes; images of the exterior and interior of Turner's Jackson studio; a photograph album and loose photographs of Boston and Germany, where Elsie Turner was born; two photographs of Adolphe Lesrel's Paris studio; a photograph of O. A. Taft; and a folder of photographs of Turner's artwork.
Two glass plate negatives are images of artwork.
Glass plate negatives have been digitized.
Description Container Select
Auction Catalog and Lists, 1910
1
1
Biographical Material, 1908, circa 1973
1
2
Correspondence, 1888-1906
1
3
Artwork
Etchings, circa 1890-circa 1905
1
4
Etching Plates, circa 1890-circa 1905
1
5-6
Etchings by Edmond H. Garrett, circa 1890-circa 1905
1
7
Oils, circa 1890-circa 1905
1
8-9
Portrait on Wood after David Neal, circa 1900
1
10
Sketchbook, 1904-1905
1
11
Watercolors for Annual Costume Ball of Boston Arts Club, circa 1900
1
12
Watercolors of Studio and Plan of Studio, circa 1890-circa 1905
Oversized material housed in OV 2
1
13
Printed Material, circa 1875-circa 1910
1
14
Photographs
Of Turner and Elsie Turner, circa 1890-circa 1905
1
15
Of Turner's Studio, Jackson, New Hampshire, circa 1900-circa 1907
1
16
Of O. A. Taft and Studio of Adolph Lesrel in Paris, circa 1899
1
17
Of Europe, circa 1890s
1
18
Of Artwork, circa 1967-circa 1968, undated
1
19
Photograph Album, circa 1890
1
20-21
Watercolors of Studio and Plan of Studio, circa 1890-circa 1905
2
Glass Plate Negative of Artwork, circa 1890-circa 1905
MGP 1
Glass Plate Negative of Artwork, circa 1890-circa 1905
MGP 2

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