biographie de James TURNER (?-1759)

Death place: Philadelphia, PA

Addresses: Boston, 1744-48; Philadelphia, c.1758

Profession: Engraver and silversmith

Comments: His woodcut view of Boston appeared on the cover of The American Magazine in 1744 and 1745. Died of small pox. Possibly the same as James Turner, below, although Bowditch thinks they are to be distinguished.

Sources: G&W; Stauffer; Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, 12, 43; Dow, Arts and Crafts in New England, cites obit. in Boston Evening Post, Dec. 10, 1759; Prime, I, 29; Bowditch, notes on heraldic painters and engravers.