Mrs Bennett, cured of skin disease. Oil painting, 1818/1821.

[between 1818 and 1821]

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 41.5 x 28 cm

Under cure from from 1818 to 1821 Lettering at foot of recto

Another portrait of the same person (Wellcome Library catalogue no. 603108i) shows her afflicted with a skin disease covering most of her face and parts of her neck and chest, and gives her name

Part of a collection of paintings depicting gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with grievous illnesses

William Schupbach, 'Mrs Bennett — before and after', Wellcome Library blog, 9 March 2009, archived at : https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210313145049/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2009/03/mrs-bennett-before-and-after/

Wellcome Collection 603109i