Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Thomas Bentley (1730-1780), Potter; business partner of Josiah Wedgwood
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Merchant, scholar, and potter; travelled in France and Italy 1753; settled as a merchant in Liverpool 1754, where he helped found the Warrington Academy 1759; a friend of Joseph Priestley, who admired his ‘excellent taste’ and ‘improved understanding’, even though he was ‘but an unbeliever in Christianity’; from 1769 the business partner of Josiah Wedgwood, running the London showroom.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.