Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan (1731-1804) Admiral

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.

People

Adam, Viscount Duncan Duncan (1731 - 1804)

Places

Subjects

deck (ship), rigging, male portrait, seascape/coastal scene, telescope, fire, sea, 18th century costume, military uniform, stockings, breeches, epaulettes, shoe, medal, Viscount, admiral, sailor (navy), cannon, sword, shipwreck

Materials & Techniques

mezzotint

Artist

Daniel Orme (1765 - )
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857)

Title

Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan (1731-1804) Admiral

Date

published 1 March 1798

Medium

Mezzotint

Acquisition

Purchased from Colnaghi, July 1952

GAC number

1822