Robert Hindley

Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner 1787 - 1849

Summary

A half-length portrait of Robert Hindley, Hereditary Governor of the Royal Manchester Institution; a middle-aged, balding man wearing a dark green jacket, yellow waistcoat and white necktie. He is turned slightly to the right, his face turned to the front and holds a rifle by its barrel in his right hand. He sits against a dark brown background, with some red leaves hanging at the very top.

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Robert Hindley 1827 Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner 1787-1849 Oil on canvas Robert Hindley was a brewer by trade. He was also a volunteer soldier. He was present at the Peterloo Massacre in 1819, when a Manchester meeting for political reform was rushed by mounted soldiers, who killed 15 people. In this portrait Hindley is neither brewer nor soldier: the device in his hand is a fishing rod. He was fond of going on fishing trips with his friends. Hindley also found time to support local culture. He was a governor of the Royal Manchester Institution for the Promotion of Science, Literature and the Arts. Their building became this art gallery in 1882. Faulkner, the artist, was also a Manchester man, who had begun a career in trade before retraining. Transferred from the Royal Manchester Institution 1882.21