Object Details
- Creator
- Turner, Charles Henry, 1848-1908
- Names
- Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932
- Garrett, Edmund H. (Edmund Henry), 1853-1929
- Lesrel, Adolphe Alexandre
- Murray, Henry -- Art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons
- Occupation
- Painters
- Topic
- Artists' studios -- Pictorial works
- Painting, Modern -- 19th century
- Etching -- 19th century
- Etchers
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by G. Frances Souther, granddaughter of Turner, in 1973 and 1979. The artworks on reel 4781 were lent for microfilming in 1993 by Robert and Connie Rosen, antiques dealers, who purchased the material at auction. The drawings may have come from Miss Souther's estate.
- Creator
- Turner, Charles Henry, 1848-1908
- See more items in
- Charles Henry Turner papers
- Sponsor
- Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
- Summary
- The papers of Massachusetts and New Hampshire painter and printmaker Charles Henry Turner, measure 0.54 linear feet and date from 1875-circa 1973, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1890-circa 1910. The collection includes an auction catalog and a price list of Turner's paintings, biographical material, five letters, artwork, miscellaneous printed material, photographs of Turner, his studio, European travel, and artwork, and two glass plate negatives.
- Biographical / Historical
- Massachusetts and New Hampshire painter and printmaker Charles Henry Turner (1848-1908) was known for his landscapes, portraits, illustrations, and genre scenes. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Turner studied under Otto Grundmann at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School in the late 1870s. He studied in Europe in the 1880s, before returning to Boston, where he had a studio above his home on Mount Vernon Street. Turner established a summer home in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and built a studio resembling a Swiss chalet on a hillside in Jackson, where he and his family spent many summers. Turner was a member of the Unity Art Club and served as president of the Boston Art Club, where his work was exhibited many times. His work was also exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
- Function
- Artists' studios -- New Hampshire
- Artists' studios -- France
- Extent
- 0.54 Linear feet
- Date
- 1875-circa 1973
- bulk circa 1890-circa 1910
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.turnchar
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Drawings
- Works of art
- Sketchbooks
- Sketches
- Citation
- Charles Henry Turner papers, 1875-circa 1973, bulk circa 1890-1910. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as one series. Series 1: Charles Henry Turner Papers, 1875-circa 1973 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1, OV 2, MGP 1-2)
- Processing Information
- The collection was microfilmed on Reels 2040 and 2062 at some point after receipt. The glass plate negatives were re-housed in 2015 with a grant from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund. The collection was processed and a finding aid written by Stephanie Ashley in 2018.
- Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Portions of the collection and materials lent for microfilming are available on 35mm microfilm reels 2040, 2062, and 4781 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Drawings
- Works of art
- Sketchbooks
- Sketches
- Scope and Contents
- The papers of Massachusetts and New Hampshire painter and printmaker Charles Henry Turner, measure 0.54 linear feet and date from 1875-circa 1973, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1890-circa 1910. The collection includes an auction catalog and a price list of Turner's paintings, biographical material, five letters, artwork, miscellaneous printed material, photographs of Turner, his studio, European travel, and artwork, and two glass plate negatives.
- Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
- Separated Materials
- Also in the Archives of American Art is material lent for microfilming (reel 4781) including drawings, a watercolor by Turner, and two charcoal landscapes by Edmund H. Garrett and [Emil?] Carlsen. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562716821868-1562716821872-0
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