Jack Hussey (b.1751)
John Foldsone (fl.1769 - d.1784)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1774
Materials
Oil on canvas laid on panel
Measurements
181 x 133 mm (7 1/8 x 5 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 792025
Summary
Oil painting on canvas laid down on panel, Jack Hussey (b.1751) by John Foldstone (fl.1769 – London 1784). 1774. Head and shoulders portrait of a young man, facing, head turned slightly to our right, gazing at the spectator, and wearing red coat, embroidered waistcoat, lace stock and ruffles; powdered wig with side-curls, hazel eyes.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Elizabeth (Betty) Smiley, Mrs Christopher Hussey (1907-2006)
Marks and inscriptions
In 18th-century hand in black ink on paper stuck to the back of the panel - Jack Hussey / Born 21 April O.S. / 1751 / painted by Foldstone / 26 July 1774., and on a later piece of paper, in brown ink - This portrait of her Grandfather lately / the property of Anna Maria Hussey, da / of Dr. Thomas John Hussey [ampersand] widow of / Dr. Edward Law Hussey of 24 Winchester / Road, Oxford, was given to me by her / desire after her death on 6 Nov 1916. / Edward Windsor Hussey / Dec 1916.
Makers and roles
John Foldsone (fl.1769 - d.1784), artist