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valuable coadjutor, whose extensive knowledge in many depart- 

 ments of literature and science, as well as his acquaintance 

 with many eminent patrons of art, greatly assisted him in 

 the higher branches of his manufacture, and especially in his 

 obtaining the loan of valuable specimens of antique sculpture, 

 vases, cameos, intaglios, medallions and seals, suitable for 

 imitation by some of the processes he had introduced. Some 

 persons entrusted to him vahiable sets of oriental porcelain for 

 the like purpose; and Sir William Hamilton lent specimens 

 from Herculaneum, of which Wedgwood produced the most 

 accurate and beautiful copies/ Their Majesties George the 

 Third and Queen Charlotte paid Mr. Bentley great respect, 

 commanding his attendance on the production of any new and 

 beautiful article, and receiving his remarks or suggestions with 

 great pleasure. Previous to Mr. B.'s departure from Liver- 

 pool, an excellent portrait of him was painted by Caddick, a 

 Liverpool artist, which is in my possession, and is one of the 

 best specimens from the easel of the painter. 



" Mr. Bentley died at his residence, at Turnham-green, near 

 London, November 26, 1780; and the following tribute to 

 his memory appeared in the St. James's Chronicle: — 'Died, 

 on Sunday, at his house on Turnham-green, Mr. Bentley, 

 in partnership with Mr. Wedgwood. For his uncommon 

 ingenuity, his fine taste in the arts, his amiable character 

 in private life, and his ardent zeal for the prosperity of his 

 country, he was justly admired, and will long be most sin- 

 cerely regretted by all who had the pleasure of knowing so 

 excellent a character.' 



" In Chiswick Church (where he was buried) there is a large 

 and handsome mural monument to his memory, the joint 

 production of Stuart, who published the well-known splendid 

 work on Athens, and Scheemakers, the artist, who executed the 

 monument to Shakspeare, in Westminster Abbey. It exhibits 

 a beautiful sarcophagus, on which is a very fine medallion of 

 the subject of the cenotaph, in bold relief. At each extremity 



