William Fleetwood

Inscriptionback to top

Signed above his left shoulder: BL in monogram.

This portraitback to top

NPG 5118 is based on an engraving by R. White (Mr Fleetwood A.M. … R. White ad Vivum sculp.), published between 1683 and 1705; [1] a later version engraved by M. Vandergucht shows a Bishop’s rochet and chimere (i.e. after 1708), as here.

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1) He received his Artium Magister in 1683 and DD in 1705.

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Ingamells 1981
J. Ingamells, The English Episcopal Portrait 1559-1835, catalogue, 1981, p 187.

Simon & Saywell (eds.) 2004
Complete Illustrated Catalogue, NPG, ed. J. Simon & D. Saywell, 2004, p 221.

Provenanceback to top

Rev W. H. Thomlinson; his cousin William Benthall (1736-1811);¹ Brig. G. Viner, Limner Antiques, from whom purchased 1977 (and see NPG 5119).

¹ Inscribed, verso, on a paper glued to the wooden backing: William Fleetwood/Bishop of Ely and, in a later hand: a friend of the Rev W. H. Thomlinson who left this miniature by Bernard Lens to his cousin/William Benthall/1736-1811.

This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, 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.

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