Figure 1.--This portrait shows Benjamin Hallet playing a chello or similar instrumnt dressed in a tightly laced dress. This engraving by James McAedell from the original painting by Thomas Jenkins was done about 1750.
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Figure 1.--This portrait shows Benjamin Hallet playing a chello or similar instrumnt dressed in a tightly laced dress. This engraving by James McAedell from the original painting by Thomas Jenkins was done about 1750. |
We have very limited information on this painter. We know only that he was a 18th century painter, art dealer and banker in Rome. One portait shows a boy playing a chello or similar instrumnt dressed in a tightly laced dress. The boy is Benjamin Hallet. This engraving by James McAedell from the original painting was done about 1750.
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