Thomas Bentley

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Thomas Bentley

after Joachim Smith
white jasper on black dip, modern cast from original Wedgwood mould, based on a work of circa 1773
5 in. x 4 in. (127 mm x 102 mm)
Given by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd, 1922
Primary Collection
NPG 1949

On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery

Sitterback to top

  • Thomas Bentley (1730-1780), Potter; business partner of Josiah Wedgwood. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Artistback to top

  • Joachim Smith (circa 1737-1814), Modeller employed by Josiah Wedgwood. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.

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Events of 1793back to top

Current affairs

Whig MP Charles Grey enters a motion for parliamentary reform but is defeated in the House of Commons.

Art and science

Radical philosopher William Godwin publishes Political Justice, an inflamatory document that promoted rational anarchism. This crystallised a wider feeling that a new era of world peace and progress was beginning.
Sir William Beechey is appointed Portrait Painter to her Majesty, Queen Charlotte.

International

Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette are executed and the Reign of Terror begins.
France declares war on Britain, Holland and then Spain. William Pitt addresses the House of Commons and Britain hesitantly joins the first coalition of anti-revolutionary European states to oppose the French threat.
Attack on Corsica in which Captain Horatio Nelson loses an eye.

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