Artist/Maker
John Wollaston
(English, 1710 – 1775)
Sir Thomas Hales (ca. 1665-1748)
1744
Oil on canvas
Overall: 50 x 40 in. ( 127 x 101.6 cm )
Purchase, Abbott-Lenox Fund
1955.154
Hales was a baronet and a member of Parliament from Canterbury. His portrait is one of the earliest signed and dated by Wollaston. It was executed in England, several years before the artist came to the Colonies.
Markingssignature and date: lower right: "Sr. Thos. Hales, AE 79 / Wollaston Pinxt. 1744"
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