Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
The sitter looks confidently out at the viewer....the very model of a fashionably and expensively dressed gentleman of the mid Georgian era.
As was the fashion he wears a subdued coat, but a highly decorated waistcoat and fine lace.
THOMAS HUDSON (1701 – 26 January 1779) was an English portrait painter.
Hudson was born in Devon in 1701.His exact birthplace is unknown. He studied under Jonathan Richardson in London and against his wishes, married Richardson's daughter at some point before 1725.
Hudson was most prolific between 1740 and 1760 and, from 1745 until 1755 was the most successful London portraitist.
He had many assistants, and employed the specialist drapery painter Joseph Van Aken. Joshua Reynolds, Joseph Wright and the drapery painter Peter Toms were his students.
SIZE: 37.25 x 32.50 inches including the frame.
PROVENANCE: Herefordshire private collection.
Internal Ref: 9184
Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
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Portrait of a Gentleman C.1765, Said to Be a Member of the Bree Family; Follower of Thomas Hudson.
