Joseph Clayton Bentley (1809-1851)
Noted engraver Clayton was born at Bradford, Yorkshire where he initially practised as a landscape painter. In 1832 he moved to London where he was apprenticed under the engraver Robert Brandard.
‘He did not abandon painting, but continued to paint and exhibit, and his knowledge of art enhanced the value of his engravings…Some of his best engraved works are after R. Wilson, Gainsborough, Calcott, Creswick and Linnell. His assiduous labour undermined a weak constitution, his health became precarious and he died at the age of 42…leaving a widow and two children.’ (Redgrave).
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Royal Academy, London
Royal Collection Trust
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Hind, A M (1963 reprint), A History of Engraving and Etching, Dover Publications
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
Noted engraver Clayton was born at Bradford, Yorkshire where he initially practised as a landscape painter. In 1832 he moved to London where he was apprenticed under the engraver Robert Brandard.
‘He did not abandon painting, but continued to paint and exhibit, and his knowledge of art enhanced the value of his engravings…Some of his best engraved works are after R. Wilson, Gainsborough, Calcott, Creswick and Linnell. His assiduous labour undermined a weak constitution, his health became precarious and he died at the age of 42…leaving a widow and two children.’ (Redgrave).
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Royal Academy, London
Royal Collection Trust
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Hind, A M (1963 reprint), A History of Engraving and Etching, Dover Publications
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
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