# Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

**Henry Benbridge** (20 Oct 1743 - 25 Jan 1812)  
c. 1773  
Oil on canvas  
Stretcher: 76.7 x 64 x 3.8cm (30 3/16 x 25 3/16 x 1 1/2")

Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, NPG.67.1. [The museum's record](https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.67.1).

## About this work

Born Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina

_Text from the National Portrait Gallery._

Henry Benbridge painted this in about 1773, aged 30. It is now at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

Artist: Henry Benbridge, Sitter: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

_Description from the National Portrait Gallery._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Henry Benbridge](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/henry-benbridge)

20 Oct 1743 - 25 Jan 1812

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 30
- Real size: about 30 × 25 in (77 × 64 cm). The 20 × 30 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 18th century
- Subjects: Presidential candidate, Legislators, Dress accessories, Governors, Statesman, Military and Intelligence, American Revolution (1775-1783), Public officers
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
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