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James Gillray
1756-1815
The Revnd. Obadiah Bennett, Minister of Buckingham Chapel, Westminster / Js. Gillray, pinxt. & fecit.
London : Publish'd August 1st 1798 by Jn Nash, No 22 Air Street Picca.dilly, [1798]
Peel 2246
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London : Publish'd August 1st. 1798. by Jn. Nash, No. 22 Air Street Piccadilly, [1798].
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Title from print.
This state lacking the passage from "Hebrews Chapr. X Verse XXIII." found engraved at the head of the image in other impressions.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Summary:
Portrait of Obadiah Bennett, half-length, turned to the left, preaching in the pulpit with one arm raised and the other holding a handkerchief and resting on a cushion, dressed in an academic gown over his dark tailcoat with bands at his neck and his spectacles resting on his nose and a large book before him. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
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