Benjamin Vandergucht

Benjamin Vandergucht or Van der Gucht (1753–1794)[1] was a picture-dealer, restorer and painter.

[2] Vandergucht became better known as a picture-restorer and picture-dealer than as an artist, and had patrons in high society.

He lived for some time in Pall Mall, London, on the site later occupied by the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery.

There he stored the high-class pictures in which he dealt, charging one shilling for admission to view the collection.

[2] On 21 September 1794, while Vandergucht was returning from a visit on business to Lord George Cavendish at Chiswick House, the boat in which he was travelling was run down off Barnes Terrace.