Thomas Forster
Portrait of Sir Benjamin Hudson

ArtistEnglish, c. 1677–1712
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Portrait of Sir Benjamin Hudson
Date1700
MediumPlumbago on vellum
DimensionsSheet: 4 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (11 × 8.3 cm)
Frame: 8 5/16 × 7 5/16 × 1 1/8 in. (21.1 × 18.6 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, Ltd., in honor of Cecily E. Horton
Object number2020.226
Non exposé

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Provenance[Bonham's London, July 12, 1993, lot 217]; Private collection, 1993; [Sotheby's London, July 5, 2017, Lot 160]; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, London, 2017]; given to MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, lower right center: TForster / Delin / 1700

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