Hugh Howard (1675–1738) by John Faber junior, 1737 (after Michael Dahl, 1723) © Copyright The British Museum
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Howard, Hugh (1675–1738), portrait painter and art collector, was born on 7 February 1675 in Dublin, the eldest son of the six children of Ralph Howard (1638–1710), doctor and regius professor of physic at the University of Dublin, and his wife, Catherine Sotheby (...
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Thomas Hudson (bap. 1701, d. 1779) by Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1751 Derby Museum and Art Gallery
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Hudson, Thomas (bap. 1701, d. 1779), portrait painter and art collector, was a native of Devon. He was probably the son of James Hudson (d. 1704) of Exeter, a victualler, and his wife, Anne, who was baptized George Hudson at the church of ...
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Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680) self-portrait, c. 1660 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Lely, Sir Peter (1618–1680), portrait painter and art collector, was born on 14 September 1618 in Soest, Westphalia. His father, Johan van der Faes, an infantry captain of a Dutch regiment serving the elector of Brandenburg, was originally from The Hague, where the ...
