Christmas Cataract on the River Berbice
Charles Bentley (1806 - 1854)
Paul Gauci (1800 - 1855)
Coloured lithograph
published 3 August 1840-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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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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Explore
- Places
- South America, Guyana, Berbice River
- Subjects
- canoe, topography, landscape C19th, tree, palm, smoke, river bank, cataract, river, man, tent/marquee
- Materials & Techniques
- lithograph, coloured lithograph
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Details
- Title
- Christmas Cataract on the River Berbice
- Date
- published 3 August 1840
- Medium
- Coloured lithograph
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Parker Gallery, July 1966
- GAC number
- 7518