Richard Bentley
(1794-1871), Printer and publisherSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 65 portraits
Richard Bentley's father Edward Bentley and his uncle John Nichols jointly owned the General Evening Post. After serving an apprenticeship with his uncle, Bentley initially set up a printing establishment with his older brother, antiquarian Samuel Bentley. In 1829, however, he went into partnership with publisher Henry Colburn. After several failures, they published the highly successful monthly Standard Novels series, which ran for over twenty years. Colburn retired in 1832 and Bentley continued the business on his own. In 1837, he launched Bentley's Miscellany, which, for the first three years of its existence, was edited by Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist was first published in monthly instalments in the pages of the Miscellany.
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Samuel Alexander Walker, published by Richard Bentley
woodburytype on paper mount, 1864, published 1876
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by Henry Meyer, published by Henry Colburn, published by Richard Bentley
stipple engraving, published 1830
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by Robert Jacob Hamerton, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Richard Bentley
lithograph, 1830s?
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by Thomas Hodgetts and Son, published by Henry Colburn, published by Richard Bentley, after Andrew Plimer
mezzotint, published 1831 (1792)
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by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by Richard Bentley, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph, published 2 December 1833 (May 1823)
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Mary Stuart (née Wortley Montagu), Countess of Bute
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line and stipple engraving, published 1836 (1777-1779)
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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line and stipple engraving, published 1836 (1783)
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by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving and etching, published 1836
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Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after William Say
stipple engraving, published 1836
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Mary Stuart (née Wortley Montagu), Countess of Bute
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line and stipple engraving, published 1836 (1777-1779)
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by William Read, published by Richard Bentley, after Ozias Humphry
stipple engraving, published 1836
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by William Read, published by Richard Bentley
stipple and line engraving, published 1836
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Unknown woman, called Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley
line and stipple engraving, published 1836
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by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after James Northcote
line engraving, published 1837
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Charles Mathews ('Studying four of his most celebrated Characters')
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after George Henry Harlow
line engraving, published 1838
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by William Ridley, published by Richard Bentley, after Charles Allingham
stipple engraving, published 1839
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by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Eden Upton Eddis
line engraving, published 1839
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by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley
line engraving, published 1840
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by William Greatbach, drawn by George Perfect Harding, published by Richard Bentley, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
mixed-method engraving and etching, published 1840
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Sir Horace ('Horatio') Mann, 1st Bt
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after John Astley
line engraving, published 1840 (1752)
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