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Greg Burns
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Username: gregburns
Post Number: 7
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 8, 2004 - 7:47 pm: | 
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Hi All,
I recently bought a small framed print by Wesley Turner depicting the torpedoing of the Lusitania. Included in the frame are a split replica Lusitania medal (obverse and reverse), and the whole thing was accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Does anyone know anything about Turner? I've tried googling on his name, but so far have drawn a blank...
Regards,
Greg
www.LusitaniaMedal.com
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Jeremy Lee
Member
Username: achynes
Post Number: 824
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 9, 2004 - 6:22 am: |
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The print is quite famous, and it is pictured in my History textbook here. If its original, then it should be worth quite a lot, but I have never seen it sold before..... |
Greg Burns
Member
Username: gregburns
Post Number: 8
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 4:23 am: |
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Yes, it looks like a nicely made item, though rather small (only about 4" X 6" or slightly bigger). The framing is well done, and the COA reports that it is number 19 of only 500 made. I would like to learn more about it, what prompted this artist to make it, how he marketed it, and what other items he may have put together in a similar vein.
The COA mentions Ballard's 1993 efforts, so at least that puts a chronological boundry on how early it was produced. Have you any idea in what year it was made?
Thanks,
Greg
www.LusitaniaMedal.com
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