Bennet Langton
(1737-1801), Scholar and friend of Dr JohnsonSitter in 2 portraits
by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, published 1 February 1809 (28 April 1798)
NPG D12122
by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, published 1 February 1809 (28 April 1798)
NPG D14339
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Michael Hoadley
05 April 2016, 09:10
There are two portraits of this sitter at Gunby Hall in Lincolnshire, one by Reynolds. Bennet Langton's second son assumed the name Massingberd on his marriage and therefor became the head of the Gunby Hall household.