page_title: Charles Yardley Turner
section_title: Murals
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Yardley Turner / Selected works / Murals
caption_attribution_description: English: Mural: Interview between Captain Robert Rogers of the "Rogers' Rangers" and the Indian Chief Pontiac (1912), Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio, Charles Yardley Turner, artist.
context_page_description: Charles Yardley "C. Y." Turner was an American painter, illustrator, muralist and teacher. His genre scenes and American historical paintings were popularized through engravings and book illustrations.
context_section_description: Dining Room mural, Theodore Marburg house, 14 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland, 1891-1896.
  Hotel Manhattan, New York City, demolished 1961.
  The Triumph of Manhattan, 1896. The 3-part mural encircled the hotel's Rotunda.
  The Gods of Greece, 1898, Lobby
  The Four Seasons, 1900-1901
  The Days, 1900-1901
  Astor Dining Room frieze and spandrels, Astoria Hotel, New York City, 1897, demolished 1929.
  Ceiling mural, National Bank of Commerce, 31 Nassau Street, Manhattan, New York City, 1897, demolished 1966
  History of the Island of Martinique, Hotel Martinque, 32nd Street and Broadway, New York City, 1898, 4 lunette murals
  Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State, Manhattan, New York City, 1899
  Law
  Equity
  "Sir Walter Raleigh" murals, Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D.C., demolished 1964.
  Sir Walter Raleigh's Home in England, Lobby, 1899-1900
  The Sailing of the Raleigh Expedition—1584, Lobby, 1899-1900
  The Destruction of the Spanish Fleet—1588, Lobby, 1899-1900
  Rathskeller mural: 9 panels, 1899-1900
  Baltimore Court House, Baltimore, Maryland
  Barter with the Indians for Land in Southern Maryland, 1634, 1901-1902
  The Burning of the "Peggy Stewart", 1903
  Interior decoration, New York Chamber of Commerce Building, 65 Liberty Street, Manhattan, New York City, 1903
  "Opening of the Erie Canal" murals, DeWitt Clinton High School, Manhattan, New York City, 1905
  Entering the Mohawk Valley, 12.5 ft (3.8 m) X 15.75 ft (4.80 m)
  Marriage of the Waters, 12.5 ft (3.8 m) X 15.75 ft (4.80 m)
  The school relocated from Manhattan to The Bronx in 1929. The murals were taken down and installed in the library of the new building.
  Essex County Court House, Newark, New Jersey, 1906
  Landing of the Milfordites at New England, May 17, 1666
  The Great Prophets, St. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, 120 West 76th Street, Manhattan, New York City, 1906, 4 pendentive murals. Church interior
  The building is now West Side Institutional Synagogue, and the murals are hidden above a drop ceiling.
  Rotunda murals, Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1910
  General Washington at Fort Lee, November 16, 1776
  The First Passage of the Steamer Clermont to Albany, 1807, 
  First Trial by Law, Mahoning County, Mahoning County Courthouse, Youngstown, Ohio, 1911
  Three of Turner's preparatory sketches, portraits of Native Americans, were his 1919 bequest to Youngstown's Butler Institute of American Art.
  A fourth Turner preparatory sketch was a 1961 gift to the Institute.
  Court of Appeals Court Room, Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio, 1912
  The Conclave of Pontiac and Rogers’ Rangers at the Cuyahoga River, November 1760, 13 ft (4.0 m) X 28 ft (8.5 m)
  The Trial of Captain John Smith at Jamestown, June 10, 1607, 13 ft (4.0 m) X 28 ft (8.5 m)
  "History of Transportation in Wisconsin" murals, North Hearing Room, Wisconsin State Capitol, 1917
  Indians with Horses
  Trappers in Canoes
  Stage Coach
  Steam and Motor
caption: Conclave of Pontiac and Rogers' Rangers at the Cuyahoga River, 1760 (1912), Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio
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