Samuel Lane(1780-1859)A portrait of William Turnor, seated at a writing table, with red curtain beyond 160 x 125mm.
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The label to reverse is inscribed 'William Turnor, of Halstead, in the County of Essex, Esq. died March17, 1771, aged 41 years.......From an indifferent portrait, size 4 feet 2½ inches by 3 feet 3½ inches, this improved copy was painted by my desire, and this acknowledgement is rendered, as a tribute of heartfelt respect to the memory of him, who was the best of patrons and benefactors to my father, Frederick Henry Turnor Barnwell.
Samuel Lane pinxit,
60, Greek Street, Soho Square, London, 1827.
Lane was a Kings Lynn born artist, who was left deaf and partially dumb after an accident in childhood. He was a friend of Constable, studied under Farington and was later one of Sir Thomas Lawrence's chief assistants.