Guillaume Philippe Benoist
Guillaume Philippe Benoist was a French engraver, who spent the later part of his life in England.Life
Benoist was born near Coutances, Normandy, in 1725. He lived in London during the later part of his life, and died there in 1770. He engraved some portraits, and a few other subjects. Writing in the late 18th century, Joseph Strutt noted that "he chiefly confined himself to small plates, which he executed in a fine style, though with little taste." He and Louis Truchy were the two engravers taken on by the English painter Joseph Highmore to engrave his Pamela series in 1743.Works
The following plates are by him:Portraits
