Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.1931

    Portrait of Hugh Howard

    Date
    1737
    Sitter
    Hugh Howard (1675 - 1737, British) , Art collector
    Creator
    John Faber (1694 - 1756, Dutch) , Engraver
    After
    Michael Dahl (1659 - 1743, Swedish) , Painter
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 370mm
    width (print): 225mm
    Description
    Half-length portrait of Hugh Howard turned to his right in an oval frame, he is shown in a powdered wig, velvet jacket and a silk cravat. Mezzotint engraving after a painted portrait.

    Inscribed below: ‘M Dahl Pinxt 1723./I.Faber fecit 1737./Hugh Howard Esqr/Sold by I.Faber at the Golden Head, Bloomsbury Square’

    Hugh Howard (1675-1737), British portraitist and art collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1696.
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