Mary Benwell

Mary Benwell (1739–after 1800), married name Codd, was an English artist, a miniaturist and pastellist.[1]

Mary Benwell Codd
Born
Mary Benwell

1739 (1739)
Diedunknown
NationalityBritish
Known forMiniaturist, Pastel

Life

Her teachers may have included John Russell or Catherine Read.[1]

She resided in Warwick Court, London, and exhibited crayon portraits and miniatures at the Incorporated Society of Artists and the Royal Academy between the years 1761 and 1791 and at The Society of Artists from 1762-1774.[2] She worked also in oil colours and made a reputation in her profession, but she retired from it on her marriage about 1762 with a military officer named Codd (also Coode, Coade).[1][3]

She was still living in Paddington in 1800.[3]

Works
1772 miniature on ivory.

There is a portrait of Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, engraved after her by Richard Houston; and another of Miss Brockhurst, by J. Saunders. Other works were The Studious Fair (said to be a portrait of Queen Charlotte), engraved by Charles Spooner,[2] and Cupid Disarmed, engraved by Charles Knight.[3]

Works by Mary Benwell can be found at the British Museum here .

References
  1. Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800: Benwell, Mary, Mrs Robert Codd (PDF).
  2. "Benwell, Mary | Benezit Dictionary of Artists". www.oxfordartonline.com. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00016703. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. Graves, Robert Edmund (1885). "Benwell, Mary" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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