W. Bennett

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W. Bennett practiced the interesting skill of engrossing whereby one copies writing in large, uniform characters. His exhibited works however featured chalk drawings and oil painting.
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painter, illuminator and engrosser, showed two chalk drawings, Memory and Religion , at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition. An oil painting, Autumn , was shown in 1869 at both the Ballarat and Geelong Mechanics Institute exhibitions, along with an example of 'illuminated writing’ at the latter.

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1992
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2011

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Related events
  • Geelong Mechanics Institute Fine Arts Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute exhibition (None)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Geelong Mechanics Institute Fine Arts Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Ballarat Mechanics Institute exhibition (None)