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F. C. TURNER. 



(Born circa 1795.) 



"C" C. TURNER was born about the year 1795. 

 -•- • Where he first saw the light, who his parents 

 were or what their worldly condition, we are unable 

 to discover. It is certain that his artistic talents 

 developed early in life, for his name occurs as an 

 exhibitor in a London gallery in the year 18 10, 

 when he could not have been more than fifteen, 

 or at most sixteen years of age ; and he has left 

 abundant evidence to prove how those talents 

 matured. 



That he was a native either of the South or 

 East of England seems probable from the scenes 

 whence he obtained material for the hunting pic- 

 tures which formed so large a proportion of his 

 works. We find him portraying incidents which 

 occurred in the field with the Royal Staghounds, 

 The Berkeley, Old Berkeley, East Kent and East 

 Essex ; while he has left nothinq: to indicate that 

 he was familiar with the packs of the Shires and 

 the North country. Mention of the last-named 

 pack suggests reference to his portrait of Mr. 



