Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Charles Turner was born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire; the son of an excise officer. At a young age he moved to London, where he was apprenticed to engraver John Jones and studied at the Royal Academy schools. He later produced work in mezzotint, aquatint and stipple for publishers in London and Scotland. He also began publishing his own prints in 1796. In 1812 he was appointed Engraver-in-Ordinary to George III. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1828. Throughout his career he is thought to have produced 638 portrait engravings and over 300 subject engravings. These were generally made after works by contemporary artists, such as Raeburn, Lawrence and J. M. W. Turner, with whom the engraver enjoyed a long standing friendship.

Places

Mediterranean Sea, Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Alexandria

Subjects

shovel/spade, horseback, drum (as subject), drinking, topography, horse, smoke, military uniform, kilt, death, injury, bayonet, cannon, musket, rifle (military), sword, pistol, soldier, French Revolutionary War, Battle of Alexandria, stone wall, ruin, tent/marquee

Materials & Techniques

engraving, mezzotint

Artist

William Willermin
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857)
James Mitan (1776 - 1822)

Title

The Battle of Alexandria, March 21st 1801 / Bataille d’Alexandrie, le 21 Mars, 1801

Edition

proof

Date

published 4 June 1804

Medium

Engraving and mezzotint

Acquisition

Purchased from Colnaghi, April 1952

GAC number

1538