Benjamin Wilson

1721–1788 · Kingdom of Great Britain

Benjamin Wilson (21 June (O.S.) 1721 – 6 June 1788) was an English painter, printmaker and philosopher. Wikipedia

20 works in the quiz. Play a round on Benjamin Wilson — not whether it is theirs, but which one.

Works

“Benjamin Franklin”, 1759 — White House
“Dr Gowin Knight (1713–1772), Principal Librarian (1756–1772)” — British Museum
“William Whitehead”, 1758 — National Portrait Gallery
“James Parsons”, 1762 — National Portrait Gallery
“James Bradley”, 1750 — Royal Museums Greenwich
“John Dollond” — Royal Museums Greenwich
“Judge Christopher Robinson”, 1750 — Temple Newsam
“Dr Richard Russell, FRS”, 1755 — Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
“Philip Stanhope (1694–1773), 4th Earl of Chesterfield”, 1752 — Temple Newsam
“John Smeaton (1724–1792)”, 1759 — Royal Society of London
“Charles Ingram (1727–1778), 9th Viscount Irwin”, 1760 — Temple Newsam
“George Parker (c.1697–1764), 2nd Earl of Macclesfield”, 1760 — Foundling Museum
“Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)”, 1771 — Pembroke College
“Edward Macro (d.1766)” — Norfolk Museums Collections
“John Spencer (1718–1775)” — Cannon Hall
“Thomas Gray (1716–1771)”, 1772 — Pembroke College
“Roger Long (1680–1770)”, 1769 — Pembroke College
“Edward Eliot (1727–1804), 1st Lord Eliot and His Wife (detail)”, 1769 — Port Eliot
“Sir George Savile (1726–1784)” — Temple Newsam
“'Mr Nicholas': A Seated Man with a Dog” — Victoria and Albert Museum