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James Gillray
1756-1815
The Revnd. Obadiah Bennett, Minister of Buckingham Chapel, Westminster / Js. Gillray, pinxt. & fecit.
London : Publish'd August 1st. 1798. by Jn. Nash, No. 22 Air Street Piccadilly, [1798].
stipple engraving
image: 308 x 221 mm; sheet: 340 x 240 mm
Peel 2246
Notes
Title from print.
This state lacking the passage from "Hebrews Chapr. X Verse XXIII." found engraved at the head of the image in other impressions.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
This state lacking the passage from "Hebrews Chapr. X Verse XXIII." found engraved at the head of the image in other impressions.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Portrait of Obadiah Bennett, half-length, turned to the left, preaching in the pulpit with one arm raised and the other holding a handkerchief and resting on a cushion, dressed in an academic gown over his dark tailcoat with bands at his neck and his spectacles resting on his nose and a large book before him. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Associated names
Nash, John, active 1798, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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