Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 8th March 2023

Lot 253

Thomas Hudson (1701-1779)

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000

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Description

Thomas Hudson (1701-1779)
Portrait of Sir John Tyrell, 5th Bt. of Heron and Woodham, Essex (c.1725-1766), three-quarter length, wearing a red coat and waistcoat
Oil on canvas
127.3 x 101.7cm; 50 x 40in

Provenance:
Property from an Irish country house

The sitter was also painted by Allan Ramsay in 1752, in a work now in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (no.NGI.570). He was appointed Sheriff of Essex in 1750.