Extensive View of Edinburgh from the Forth

Charles Bentley (1806 - 1854)

Watercolour on paper

c.1830

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Turkey
    City: Istanbul
    Place: British Consulate-General
  • About the artist
    Watercolour painter and engraver Charles Bentley is best-known for painting breezy scenes off the English coast. He was born in London; the son of a master carpenter. Bentley was apprenticed to printmaker Theodore Fielding and later spent time in Paris with Theodore’s brother, watercolourist Newton Fielding. From 1827 Bentley made a modest living as an engraver and illustrator. He was elected a member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours (1843) and exhibited 209 works from 1834 to his death. He was a friend of artist William Callow; with whom he made several sketching trips, including a tour of Normandy (1841). The two shared a home in Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury, from 1843 to 1846. Bentley died in Hampstead, at the age of 48.
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    Artist
    Charles Bentley (1806 - 1854)
    Title
    Extensive View of Edinburgh from the Forth
    Date
    c.1830
    Medium
    Watercolour on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 13.30 cm, width: 38.80 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Appleby Bros, February 1976
    Inscription
    bl: Chas Bentley R.W.S.
    GAC number
    12204