Self-portrait (Benjamin Wilson)
Benjamin Wilson (1721–1788) made Self-portrait.
Self-portrait, in brief
- Title
- Self-portrait
- Artist
- Benjamin Wilson (1721–1788)
- Artist born in
- Leeds, United Kingdom
- Subject
- portraits
High-resolution images of Self-portrait
Benjamin Wilson, Self-portrait. Public domain.
Questions on Self-portrait, answered
What subjects appear in "Self-portrait" by Benjamin Wilson?
"Self-portrait" by Benjamin Wilson depicts: portraits.
Is "Self-portrait" by Benjamin Wilson in the public domain?
The copyright answer for "Self-portrait" by Benjamin Wilson: the work is in the public domain - its copyright has expired. This determines whether reproductions of the image may be freely made.
Which artist is "Self-portrait" attributed to?
"Self-portrait" was created by Benjamin Wilson. The information on this page describes Benjamin Wilson's original work.
Why is the copyright status of "Self-portrait" what it is?
"Self-portrait" by Benjamin Wilson is in the public domain - its copyright has expired. Copyright terms are measured from the artist's death, and Benjamin Wilson died in 1788.
About the artist, Benjamin Wilson
1721–1788, United Kingdom
Benjamin Wilson
A Painter of Light and Science: The Dual Legacy of Benjamin Wilson In the vibrant intellectual landscape of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, few figures embodied the era's marriage of aesthetic beauty and scientific inquiry as gracefully as Benjamin Wilson. Born in 1721 to a prosperous clothier family in Leeds, Wilson’s early life was steeped in an environment where craftsmanship and artistry were deeply valued. His formative years were marked by an encounter with the opulent decorations of Jacques Parmentier at Leeds Grammar School, a moment that ignited a lifelong passion for the visual arts. This early spark eventually propelled him from the industrial heart of England to the bustling artistic circles of London, where he would transform from a diligent legal clerk into one of Britain’s most respected painters and philosophers.