Bennet Langton (1737-1801)
manner of Ozias Humphry RA (Honiton 1742 – London 1810)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
Unknown
Materials
Watercolour on ivory
Measurements
68 x 55 mm
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 636743
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour painting on ivory, Bennet Langton (1737-1801) in the manner of Ozias Humphry RA (Honiton 1742 – London 1810). Oval. Bust-length portrait of a man in a short grey wig, brown coat and white stock, appearing much as he is depicted in GUN/P/13. Label on reverse inscribed in faded ink, 'Bennet Langton/Oswald (or Arnold) Dee 1801'. Also trade label, Archer and Wyatt, High Street, Oxford.
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.
Makers and roles
manner of Ozias Humphry RA (Honiton 1742 – London 1810), artist