• Title
  Portrait of Vice Admiral John Hunter / W.M. Bennett
• Creator
  William Mineard Bennett, 1788-1858
• Call number
  MIN 561
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1819
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  9661615
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on ivory, in gilt wooden frame - visible image 11 x 9 cm, in frame 25 x 21 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  William Mineard Bennett (1778-1858) was a 19th century British portrait painter and miniaturist who trained under noted Regency portraitist Sir Thomas Lawrence. His London address, as cited on verso of the painting, was 58 Frith Street, Soho, London; the cost of the painting in 1819 was £21.
  
  Reference:
  Library correspondence file
• Collection history
  By descent through the Kent family, the family of John Hunter’s sister Mary up until the mid 19th century. The portrait’s provenance is unconfirmed after the mid-late 19th century, however it is believed to have remained within the Kent family, prior to the vendor acquiring it through an intermediary.
• Scope and Content
  A framed miniature portrait of Admiral and Governor John Hunter (1737-1821) in uniform. He was promoted rear admiral on 2 October 1807, and vice-admiral on 31 July 1810.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription on verso
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed 'W.M. Bennett' on verso
  Inscribed in iron gall ink on verso:
  
  'Vice Admiral John Hunter
  Born 7th July 1737 died on London 14th March 1821– aged 84
  84 years - Buried in Hackney [crossed out] Church Yard in the same Tomb
  with his Cousin James Bruce Grant Esquire
  entered the Navy on board the Grampus Sloop 1753
  and was constantly employed ‘till 1807 when [??]
  from Pay Commissioners afloat at Portsmouth in 1807
  This miniature was painted in 1819
  By W.M. Bennett
  58 Frith Street, Soho
  London, cost £21.'
  
  'Served his country 53 years without interruption'
  
  'This miniature was presented to me by Miss Kent on 20th of October 1850, to be considered for ever as my own Property…' . [Signed] 'W.G.C. Kent'.
  
  In a later hand 'Admiral [John] Hunter was a Grand Uncle to Capt. W.G.C. Kent, R.N'.
• Date note
  
  Date from inscription on verso
• Subject
  Hunter, John, 1737-1821--Portraits.
  Governors--New South Wales--Portraits.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20784810

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