1-238-994 - Guildhall Art Gallery (City of London)/Heritage Images

'James Bentley, Treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital', 1848. Full-length portrait of a man wearing a dark suit and holding a document in one hand. His other hand rests on a pile of books on the table, with a quill pen in an ink-well. His top hat, gloves, cape and cane rest on a chair beside him. The dome of St Paul's Cathedral, London, can be seen in the distance through the open window.