18thc Oil Portrait Painting Nathaniel Hooke ( Historian ) Died 1763 By Artist Bartholomew Dandridge 45 x 37 Inches

NATHANIEL HOOKE (HISTORIAN) d.1763
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Was the eldest son of John Hooke, serjeant-at-law, and nephew of Nathaniel Hooke the Jacobite soldier.
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(Other Example National Portrait Gallery London / Image 6)
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(The sitter proudly looks towards the artist with his left eldow resting on two volumes of a French Surgical Book titled Script Chirurgien on the spine) He wears his dark blue coat with gold frogging.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST : BARTHOLOMEW DANDRIDGE (1691 – c1755) Signature Lower Left Bottom Corner.‘Bartholomew Dandridge studied at Sir Godfrey Kneller's academy of painting and later attended the St Martin's Lane Academy following its foundation in 1720 by John Vanderbank and Louis Cheron.
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For more than four decades he ran a successful and fashionable portrait practice in London the highlight of his career was in 1732 when he was commissioned by Lord Barington to paint Frederick, Prince of Wales, on horseback.
In 1731, Dandridge acquired the London studio and house of Sir Godfrey Kneller.
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MEASUREMENTS ( Inc Frame )
Height 45.5 Inches (116 cm )
Width 37.5 Inches (95 cm )
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CONDITION: Canvas in very good condition.
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FRAME :
All Original in fairly good order having wear consistent with age.
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