Benjamin Brecknell Turner
Scotch Firs, Hawkhurst
About this artwork
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artist:Benjamin Brecknell Turner (1815 - 1894) English
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title:Scotch Firs, Hawkhurst
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date created:1852
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:Image: 28.80 x 38.00 cm; sheet 50.00 x 62.50 cm
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credit line:Presented by Robert Robertson, 2016
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accession number:PGP 904.2
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Benjamin Brecknell Turner
Benjamin Brecknell Turner
Benjamin Brecknell Turner was a candle-maker by trade, who in his spare time produced some of the finest landscape photographs of the nineteenth century. A friend of Fox Talbot, he held a licence for Talbot's calotype process. Turner continued to exploit the technique for its aesthetic potential...