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Peter Turnerelli

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30: 141: 22: 132:. He remarried in 1835 following the death of his wife. His second wife, Mary O'Connor, bore him a daughter. Edward Tracy Turnerelli (1813–96) taught English and Latin at the University of Kazan circa 1837-54 and wrote a book on Kazan. 105:
In 1797 (before the official end of his own studies), he had been given the enormously prestigious role as art tutor to the royal princesses, apparently at the request of Sir
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to specifically train as a sculptor. In 1796/7 he took a study trip to Rome, a normal practice at this time, and is thought to have specifically studied
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Turnerelli was one of the first to portray his subjects in their natural attire, rather than in classical costume, as was the convention of the age.
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as his work shows much influence from Canova's style. He continued his studies on returning to London, also receiving tutorship from
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the following year. Peter abandoned his studies in 1794 and joined them there. He then began studies in October of that year at the
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region. His grandfather's surname had been Tognarelli, but this was quickly adapted to the Irish vernacular. The family moved to
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He died intestate on 20 March 1839 at his house in Newman Street, and is buried in the graveyard of St John's Chapel,
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Bust of William III by Peter Turnerelli (1811) at the Bank of England Museum
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Peter initially studied for the priesthood, at Saul's Court under Father
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http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp07664/peter-turnerelli
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Statues of Saints Peter and Paul, Roman Catholic Chapel, Bath, 1819
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http://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/peter-turnerelli.php
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in 1787, often thereafter identifying him as "from Dublin".
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Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660–1851, Rupert Gunnis
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His first wife Margaret Mary Tracy, bore him one son,
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Dunblane Cathedral
Belfast
Lake Como
Dublin
Thomas Betagh
London
Royal Academy
Antonio Canova
Peter Francis Chenu
Lord Heathfield
Sir Francis Drake
General Eliott
Thomas Lawrence
Benjamin West
St John's Wood
Edward Tracy Turnerelli

Horatio Nelson
Lewes, Sussex
Viscount Melville
Canterbury Cathedral
Aaron Burr
George III
Windsor Castle
Henry Erskine
Parliament Hall, Edinburgh
William III
George III

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