Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
The portrait is signed I.T. bottom right and in full on the reverse.
Both the miniature and the frame are in fine condition.
John Turmeau was born in 1777 into an artistic family, his father being a jeweller and his grandfather an artist. He was only 17 years old when he first exhibited at the Royal Academy. As a young man he moved to Liverpool where he married Sarah Wheeler and with her had seven children including twin girls. Turmeau was a founding member of the Liverpool Academy. He also ran a print shop and, strangely, a tobacconist shop and glass warehouse. Turmeau’s work is critically acclaimed for its draughtsmanship. Following his death in 1846, Turmeau’s widow continued to run the tobacconist shop.
APHA Registration: RPFEH4LR
Framed Size: 93 x 78mm + hanger
Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Miniature Portrait by John Turmeau, Liverpool 1837
