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Captain Marryat, R.N. C.B. Engraved by Permission from a Drawing by William Behnes
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Behnes (1791/97-1864) was of Hanoverian stock, trained at the RA Schools and from the 1820s to 1840s was England's most prolific and successful portrait sculptor after Chantrey. He was also a good teacher, notable pupils including Thomas Woolner and G. F. Watts, but later became alcoholic and died bankrupt. [PvdM 9/06]
Behnes (1791/97-1864) was of Hanoverian stock, trained at the RA Schools and from the 1820s to 1840s was England's most prolific and successful portrait sculptor after Chantrey. He was also a good teacher, notable pupils including Thomas Woolner and G. F. Watts, but later became alcoholic and died bankrupt. [PvdM 9/06]
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Object Details
| ID: | PAD3574 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Behnes, William; Cook, C. Bentley, Richard |
| Date made: | 1861 |
| People: | Marryat, Frederick |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 9 7/16 in x 6 1/2 in |
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