Mrs Bennett, afflicted with a skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.
- Date:
- [between 1818 and 1821]
- Reference:
- 603108i
- Part of:
- Gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with disease.
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Description
Mrs. Bennett, dressed in a lace cap and night-gown, afflicted with a skin disease covering most of her face and parts of her neck and chest
Publication/Creation
[between 1818 and 1821]
Physical description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 41.5 x 28 cm
Lettering
Mrs Bennett. Disease from 1818 to 1821
Lettering at foot of recto
Notes
Another portrait of the same person (Wellcome Library catalogue no. 603109i) shows her after the disease has cleared up
Part of a collection of paintings depicting gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with grievous illnesses
References note
William Schupbach, 'Mrs Bennett — before and after', Wellcome Library blog, 9 March 2009, archived at : https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210313145049/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2009/03/mrs-bennett-before-and-after/
Reference
Wellcome Collection 603108i
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