Jeremy Bentham

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Extended Catalogue Entry

Jeremy Bentham

by Henry William Pickersgill
oil on canvas, exhibited 1829
80 1/2 in. x 54 1/2 in. (2044 mm x 1384 mm)
Purchased, 1875
Primary Collection
NPG 413

Sitterback to top

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), Social philosopher. Sitter in 9 portraits.

Artistback to top

Henry William Pickersgill (1782-1875), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 108 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.

Related worksback to top

NPG D17005: Jeremy Bentham (after)

Linked publicationsback to top

Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, 2002, p. 133
Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 51
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 51
Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantic Icons, 1999, p. 27

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1829back to top

Current affairs

Metropolitan police force of over three thousand paid, uniformed, professional policemen founded by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel.
Roman Catholic Relief Act grants emancipation; Catholics admitted to vote, sit in parliament and hold almost all public offices.

Art and science

Success of George Stephenson's Rocket steam engine at Rainhill Trials.
First London bus service licensed; the new 'box-on-wheels' contributes greatly to the expansion of the suburbs.
Apsley House completed for the Duke of Wellington by Benjamin Wyatt.
First Oxford and Cambridge boat race.

International

Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.

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