Richard Bentley

Sitterback to top

• Richard Bentley (1708-1782), Writer and artist; son of Richard Bentley. Sitter in 3 portraits.

Artistback to top

• John Giles Eccardt (active 1740-died 1779), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 20 portraits.

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One of six Eccardt portraits commissioned by Walpole , Bentley is here shown in Van Dyck-style costume. In one hand he holds his own design of the figure of Melancholy drawn by him for the edition of Thomas Gray's Odes (1753).

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• Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 53
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 51