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Photographer, b. 1815 - d. 1894

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      • Turner (Benjamin Brecknell, 1815-1894). A large album of fine watercolours, circa 1825-1870
        Oct. 19, 2022

        Turner (Benjamin Brecknell, 1815-1894). A large album of fine watercolours, circa 1825-1870

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        Turner (Benjamin Brecknell, 1815-1894). A large album of fine watercolours, circa 1825-1870 * Turner (Benjamin Brecknell, 1815-1894). A large album of fine watercolours and drawings compiled by Benjamin Brecknell Turner, circa 1825-1870, containing: a pencil frame of foliage and branches for inscription (recently filled in); 64 watercolours (a few sepia or grisaille); 11 pencil, pen & ink, or chalk drawings; and 11 photographic prints, carefully mounted within line borders on rectos only of 78 leaves, including portraits, British and Continental views, and animal studies, many captioned and signed or attributed, a number dated, including 5 works by Benjamin Brecknell Turner (bust of a Roman soldier; 'The Old Royal Humane Society's House, Hyde Park'; view of a beached sailing boat captioned 'Hastings'; a grisaille watercolour of prancing Arab stallions; and an interior scene with figure); a rural riverside scene by Henry Robert Robertson; studies of narcissi, an auricula, and dogs by Lucy Jane Turner; several works by Agnes Chamberlain (a view of Caernarvon Castle, and one of Bredicot Court, Worcestershire, showing trackbed before rails and bridge of proposed new railway), study of a purple daisy flower by Elizabeth Brecknell Turner, 'Cromer from the East (Augt. 1870)’ by Agnes Lucy Turner, a number of skilful portraits of young ladies by E. Preston, and 3 photographs, 1 of Mundapam with façade of stone horses, Tiruchchirappalli, by Samuel Bourne (1834-1912), circa 1860s, vintage albumen prints, signed and numbered '2064' & '2066' in the negatives, and 1 by Vernon Heath captioned 'The Porch', circa 1860s, plus a hand-coloured engraving inscribed 'The Walhalla. Bought at Ratsibon. 1845', leaf size 37.5 x 26.5 cm, all edges gilt, pink moiré endpapers, bookplate of Benjamin Brecknell Turner on front pastedown, original green morocco, spine and sides gilt panelled, extremities rubbed, upper cover near-detached, folio QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Formerly the property of John Patrick Lory Allen (1929-2017) of Laddenvean, 77 Wembdon Hill, Bridgwater. A unique and important album compiled by pioneering photographer Benjamin Brecknell Turner. Several of the works in the album offered here are by Benjamin Brecknell Turner himself (initialled 'B.B.T.' or labelled 'B.B. Turner'). A number of the other drawings are by family members, notably: Turner's mother Lucy Jane Turner, née Fownes (1786-1870); his wife Agnes Chamberlain (1828-1887), who grew up at Bredicot Court, Worcestershire; his sister Elizabeth Brecknell Turner; his daughter Agnes Lucy (1851-1901); and her husband Henry Robert Robertson (1839-1921). Of the remaining works, many appear to be by expert hands or at least accomplished amateurs, and include paintings by E. Preston, F.G. Jones, Elizabeth Lucas, Charles May, Mark Bond, W.H. Urwick, T.M. Joy, J. Churchill, and George Fisher. One of the earliest amateur photographers, Benjamin Brecknell Turner - a chandler by trade - began experimenting with the medium barely ten years after its invention, making an important contribution to its rapid development. He took out a licence in 1849 to practise Fox Talbot's patented photographic process, and soon began exhibiting widely. In 1852 he showed six photographs of the interior of Crystal Palace at the first exhibition devoted solely to photography, held by the Royal Society of Arts in London, and in 1855 he won a bronze medal whilst exhibiting at the Universal Exhibition in Paris. The following year the Photographic Society of London was formed, Turner one of the founding members. He is best-known for his evocative scenes of rural life, typically photographing picturesque, quintessentially English scenes, such as ruined abbeys and castles, thatched barns and farm implements, half-timbered houses, crumbling cottages, ancient oak trees and woodland paths. The V&A holds an album of his works, entitled Photographic Views from Nature, containing some of the earliest photographs of rural England as well as images of the Crystal Palace. The album - in a binding not dissimilar to ours - was assembled by Turner in the mid 1850s, and purchased by the V&A from his descendents in 1982.

        Dominic Winter Auctions
      • * Turner (Benjamin Brecknell, 1815-1894). The Willowsway, 1852-54
        Oct. 03, 2019

        * Turner (Benjamin Brecknell, 1815-1894). The Willowsway, 1852-54

        Est: £6,000 - £8,000

        * Turner (Benjamin Brecknell, 1815-1894). The Willowsway, Elfords, Hawkshurst, Kent, 1852-54, albumenised salt print from a waxed paper negative, 293 x 390 mm, mounted on a modern mat (Qty: 1)

        Dominic Winter Auctions
      • * Turner (Benjamin Brecknell, 1815-1894). Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, 1856,
        Oct. 04, 2018

        * Turner (Benjamin Brecknell, 1815-1894). Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, 1856,

        Est: £1,000 - £1,500

        albumen print on original mount with accompanying leaf of letterpress, image 202 x 250mm, a little fading to lower margin, but overall in excellent condition with good dark tones - Quantity (1)

        Dominic Winter Auctions
      • BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER (1815-94) - Church Oak, Hawkhurst, vers 1852-1854
        Nov. 10, 2017

        BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER (1815-94) - Church Oak, Hawkhurst, vers 1852-1854

        Est: €15,000 - €20,000

        BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER (1815-94) Church Oak, Hawkhurst, vers 1852-1854 titré au crayon (verso) image/feuille: 29.3 x 39 cm. (11 ½ x 15 ¼ in.)

        Christie's
      • Benjamin Brecknell Turner
        Dec. 11, 2014

        Benjamin Brecknell Turner

        Est: $20,000 - $30,000

        Benjamin Brecknell Turner

        Sotheby's
      • Benjamin Brecknell Turner (1815-1894) , Alfred Hall, Arundel Castle, 1850-1855
        May. 13, 2008

        Benjamin Brecknell Turner (1815-1894) , Alfred Hall, Arundel Castle, 1850-1855

        Est: £3,000 - £5,000

        Salt print, mounted on board.

        Sotheby's
      • BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER
        May. 21, 2003

        BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER

        Est: $1,312 - $1,968

        Bredicot Court, Worcestershire Albumen print. 1852. Titled Bredicot back view in pencil on reverse of mount. 81/4 x 101/4in. (21 x 26cm.) PROVENANCE As in lot 28. LITERATURE See: Barnes, Benjamin Brecknell: Turner Rural England through a Victorian Lens, p. 83, pl. 6, for a variant cropping.

        Christie's
      • BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER
        May. 21, 2003

        BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER

        Est: $9,840 - $13,120

        Causeway, Head of the Lake, Losely [sic] Park Albumen print. 1852-54. Titled Losely Park in pencil on reverse of mount. 11 3/8 x 151/4in. (28.7 x 38.7cm.) PROVENANCE As in lot 28. NOTES No other prints of this image have been located to date.

        Christie's
      • BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER
        May. 21, 2003

        BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER

        Est: $4,920 - $8,200

        Self-portrait with his wife Agnes Albumen print. 1850s. 11 1/8 x 14 5/8in. (28.4 x 37cm.) PROVENANCE As in previous lot. NOTES No other prints of this image have been located to date.

        Christie's
      • BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER (1815-1894)
        May. 21, 2003

        BENJAMIN BRECKNELL TURNER (1815-1894)

        Est: $16,400 - $24,600

        Walter Chamberlain hiding behind Bredicot pump Salt print from paper negative. Mid-1850s. Titled in pencil on reverse of mount. 10 1/8 x 11 7/8in. (25.8 x 30cm.) PROVENANCE From the artist; by descent to the present owner. LITERATURE For a detailed account of his life and photographic work, see: Barnes, Benjamin Brecknell Turner: Rural England through a Victorian Lens, V&A Publications, London, 2001. NOTES An intimate outdoor scene with Walter, one of eight children born to Turner and his wife Agnes (n‚e Chamberlain). Born in London in 1815, Turner joined the family candle and saddle soap business at the age of 16. In 1847, he married Agnes Chamberlain of the Worcester China family in the church at Bredicot in western England, where her father, Henry Chamberlain, had acquired the 17th-century farmhouse Bredicot Court a decade earlier. Turner first took up photography two years after his marraige in 1849 and became one of the first and one of the greatest British amateur photgraphers. No other prints of this image have been located to date.

        Christie's
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