SAL record control number: 139012 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

Work title: Copy after portrait of Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924) [RA 1871-1924] [from collection database] ;

Alternate work titles:
2022 : Copy after portrait of Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924) [RA 1871-1924] [from collection database] ;

Work date: 1888 [from collection database] ;

Work creator: Charles Yardley Turner (1850-1919) [HRA 1872-1919] ;

Work medium: Print after charcoal drawing ;
Work dimensions: 7-3/4 x 6-3/8 inches [unframed] | 8-1/2 x 7-1/8 x 3/8
inches [framed] ;

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower right and lower left.
Dated?: No.
Text: ‘CYT’ and ‘CY Turner’ and ‘To Miss Anne van Campen / Frank S. Church’.

Verso:

Marking type: Framer label [in the shape of an artist’s palette].
Location: Upper middle top verso backing paper.
Text: ‘The Palette / Art Company / ARTISTS’ MATERIALS / PICTURES, FRAMING / AIRE BRUSHES / ETC. / 436 MADISON AVE N.Y.’

Marking type: Black ink stamp.
Location: Upper middle and lower middle backing paper.
Text: ‘PROPERTY OF THE SALMAGUNDI CLUB’.

Marking type: Black felt tip marker accession number.
Location: Lower right verso backing paper.
Text: ‘07.200’.

Marking type: Acid-free white paper label with cotton string.
Location: Tied to small middle top verso hanging ring.
Text: ‘07.200 / Room 5.Closet.shelf A’.

SAL category: Works on paper ;
SAL sub-category: Print ;

Archives of American Art subjects:
Art
Art — American
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State)
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State) ― Salmagundi
Figure
Figure male
Occupation
Occupation — Artist
Portrait
Portrait — Head and shoulders
Portrait — Notable person
Portrait — Notable person — Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924)

Description of work:

Provenance:
after ca.1989 SCNY, gift of [unknown], accession #2007.200 ;
ca.1948 [unknown owner], New York, NY ;
1888 Charles Yardley Turner (1850-1919) [HRA 1872-1919], the artist.

Exhibition history:
2022 SCNY Haunting portraits September 1 – December 31 ;
2021 SCNY 1880-something : Victorian art at its height August 1 – September 30.

References / citations:
– Collection database, accession #2007.200.
– Collection database, accession #G-87.
– Harper’s Monthly Magazine, New York, NY, “F.S. Church” by George William Sheldon, December, 1888, pages 52-58, illustrated on page 53.

Notes:
– The dedication is to Anna (Van Campen) Stewart (1875-1960), a young portrait painter admired by Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924).
– The Palette Art Company, New York, NY in business from 1948 to 1991.

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=139012

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2022.139012

Record birth date:
September 19, 2022

Last updated: July 12, 2023 at 11:57 am