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Mr Hobson: P.14794-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mr Hobson
Portrait of Thomas Hobson

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Payne, John
Publisher: Stent, Peter

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Description

Engraving on laid paper. Portrait of Thomas Hobson, half-length, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, ruff, and cloak, and reaching into a drawstring pouch held at his waist with his right hand. A wall or post at the far left and archway behind and to the right, are delineated by darker areas of cross-hatching. Title and production details within the image at upper left and right: 'Mr Hobson; obyt ano 1630 / vixit annos 86'. A verse engraved below: 'Laugh not to see so plaine a Man in print, / The shadow's homely, yet ther's something in't, / Witnes the Bagg he wear's though seeming poore / The fertile Mother of a thousand more: / He was a thrueing [thriving] Man, through lawfull Gaine, / And wealthy grew by warrantable paine; / Then laugh at them that spend, not them yt gather, / Like thriueing [thriving] Sonnes of such a thrifty Father.'. Below the verse at lower left: 'Cum privileg: Are to be soud [sold?] by P. Stent [excised words] I Payne fecit'. This is the third state of the engraving, as documented by Globe, no. 176, p. 71. An inscription in graphite at lower right: 'N.15'. Watermark: fleur-de-lis.

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Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

17th Century#
1630 - 1639

Note

Height 220mm (plate) x width 160mm (plate); height 303mm (sheet) x width 243mm (sheet)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14794-R
Primary reference Number: 225403
O'Donaghue: 1
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 3 January 2019 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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