Artist: John Blennerhassett Martin
Date: 1825
Museum: The Valentine (Richmond, United States)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
Benjamin Watkins Leigh (1781-1849) was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, the son of the Reverend William Leigh (d. 1787) and Elizabeth Watkins (d. 1799). He attended the College of William and Mary, studied law and began practicing in Petersburg in 1802. Following the death of both his parents, he acted as a guardian for his younger brother William.Leigh married three times: on December 24, 1802, to his cousin Mary Selden Watkins; on November 30, 1813, to Susan Colston; on November 24, 1821, to Julia Wickham (1801-1883), the eldest daughter of John Wickham. Their son Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Jr., (1831-1863) died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
Artist |
|
|---|---|
Download |
|
Permissions |
Free for non commercial use. See below. |
 |
This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. However - you may not use this image for commercial purposes and you may not alter the image or remove the watermark. This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.
|
Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may
not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the
