Known as Bill. Donated many of her sister's and father's sculptural works to public institutions. From V&A: while her sister studied sculpture Jessica "was content to assist her father".
The auction result website, our Picture source, captions the image as "Alfred M. Turner Portrait bust of Jessica Turner". Unless the American painter, AMT, also had a daughter named Jessica, we think this attribution is a mistake and this bust shows our Jessica, by her sculptor father, Alfred Turner.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Jessica Turner
Turner House Artists Alfred Turner RA (1873 - 1940) and his daughter Winifred...
Gave land in commemoration of Nelson in 1905. Great nephew of Isaac Smith through whom, it seems likely, he may have inherited the land of Merton Abbey but how and when he acquired Merton Place a...
John Davan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover KG (1927–2022), The Hon. Simon Sainsbury (1930–2006) and The Right Honourable Sir Timothy Sainsbury (1932–) were the three sons of Alan Joh...
In 1850, Dr. Nicholas Wiseman became concerned about the plight of the aged, orphans and abandoned children in London. He appealed to a recently formed religious order in France which took care of ...
We have found three (identical) plaques on the South Bank riverside recalling this disaster, as follows: Royal Festival Hall, National Th...
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