Kingdom of Great Britain · June 21, 1721 – June 6, 1788Wikidata
Benjamin Wilson
British painter and scientist (1721-1788)
Born in Leeds. Died in London.
A life in paintings
Born 172123 dated paintingsDied 1788
30 works
2 without a public image, listed last
- James BradleyBenjamin Wilsonc. 1750 · Royal Museums Greenwich
- David GarrickBenjamin Wilsonc. 1752–1755 · National Portrait Gallery
- Philip Stanhope (1694–1773), 4th Earl of ChesterfieldBenjamin Wilson1752 · Temple Newsam
- Portrait of a Lady with Mask and CherrieBenjamin Wilson1753 · Dulwich Picture Gallery
- David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy as Romeo and Juliet at Juliet's Tomb (from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act V scene iii)Benjamin Wilson1753–1757 · National Trust
- Simon, 1st Earl Harcourt (1714–1777), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Envoy to Mecklenberg-Strelitz for George III's Marriage to Princess CharlotteBenjamin Wilson1753 · Government Art Collection
David Garrick (1717–1779), as Romeo, George Anne Bellamy (c.1731–1788), as Juliet, and Charles Blakes, as Tybalt, in 'Romeo and Juliet' by William Shakespeare, Adapted by David GarrickBenjamin Wilsonc. 1753 · Victoria and Albert Museum- Sir William Henry Lyttelton, 7th Bt, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1724–1808)Benjamin Wilsonc. 1755–1760 · National Trust
- Dr Richard Russell, FRSBenjamin Wilsonc. 1755 · Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
- William WhiteheadBenjamin Wilson1758–1759 · National Portrait Gallery
- Deborah Read Franklin (1708–1774)attributed to · Attributed to Benjamin Wilson1758–1759 · American Philosophical Society Library & Museum
- Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Wilson1759 · White House
- John Smeaton (1724–1792)Benjamin Wilsonc. 1759 · Royal Society of London
Charles Ingram (1727–1778), 9th Viscount IrwinBenjamin Wilsonc. 1760 · Temple Newsam- George Parker (c.1697–1764), 2nd Earl of MacclesfieldBenjamin Wilsonc. 1760 · Foundling Museum