Frances Johnson (née Croke, the Begum Johnson; 1728-1812) hostess
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: British Library (long-term loans), St. Pancras
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- female portrait, woman, 18th century costume, ruff, bonnet, ribbon (as Subject - costume accessory), wife
- Materials & Techniques
- canvas, oil, oil painting
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Details
- Artist
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Thomas Hickey (1741 - 1824)
- Title
- Frances Johnson (née Croke, the Begum Johnson; 1728-1812) hostess
- Date
- c.1784
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height: 75.00 cm, width: 62.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Spink & Son, May 1979
- Provenance
- Collection of East India Company agent William Watts (third husband of the sitter); by descent to Edward Poore-Saurin-Watts (on loan to the Ministry of Works / Department of the Environment from 1950 to 1979); by whom sold through Sotheby's, London, on 21 March 1979 (Lot 22), as 'Portrait of Mrs F. Johnson', for £600; with Spink & Son; from whom purchased by the Department of the Environment in May 1979
- GAC number
- 14528