Early Experiments, Family Portraits & the Photographic Circle

  • Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'Agnes Chamberlain with Parasol'

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'Agnes Chamberlain with Parasol', about 1849

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner (born 1815-1894)
    'Agnes Chamberlain with Parasol' (Turner's wife)
    England
    About 1849
    Salted paper print
    Anonymous loan

  • Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'Portrait of Agnes Turner with a book'

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'Portrait of Agnes Turner with a book', about 1850

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner (1815 - 94)
    'Portrait of Agnes Turner with a book' (Turner's wife)
    England
    About 1850
    Albumen print from paper negative
    Anonymous loan

  • Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'Chamberlain and Turner Family group'

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'Chamberlain and Turner Family group', about 1850, private collection, on loan to the V&A

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner
    'Chamberlain and Turner Family group'
    England
    About 1850
    Albumen print
    Private collection, on loan to the V&A

    Turner's many informal portraits of family and friends perhaps satisfied the need to record the people who mattered to him. As a result, figures rarely appear in the views he made for exhibition. Some of Turner's portraits were made outdoors at Bredicot but the majority appear to have been made in his glass roofed studio which was situated over the premises of his business in London.

  • Benjamin Brecknell Turner, portrait of Mark Anthony

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner, portrait of Mark Anthony, photographer, about 1850

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner (1815 - 94)
    Portrait of Mark Anthony, photographer
    England
    About 1850
    Albumen print from paper negative
    Anonymous loan

  • Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'Three Fishermen'

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'Three Fishermen', about 1849. Anonymous Loan

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner
    'Three Fishermen'
    England
    About 1849
    Calotype negative
    Anonymous Loan
     

  • Benjamin Brecknell Turner, Three men in a shooting party

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner, Three men in a shooting party, Henry Chamberlain, BB Turner and an unidentified man, about 1849

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner
    Three men in a shooting party, Henry Chamberlain, BB Turner and an unidentified man
    England
    About 1849
    Albumen print from paper negative
    Anonymous loan

  • Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'The Wine Drinkers'

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner, 'The Wine Drinkers', about 1850. Anonymous loan

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner
    'The Wine Drinkers', Henry Chamberlain, BB Turner and an unidentified man
    England
    About 1850
    Albumen print from paper negative
    Anonymous loan

  • Benjamin Brecknell Turner, Portrait of David Bogne

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner, Portrait of David Bogne, Bookseller, about 1850

    Benjamin Brecknell Turner (1815 - 94)
    Portrait of David Bogne, Bookseller
    England
    About 1850
    Albumen print from paper negative
    Anonymous loan