Portrait of Matthew Duane
Date
1798
Sitter
Matthew Duane (1707 - 2006)
Creator
After
Giles Hussey (1710 - 1788, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 85mm
width (print): 70mm
width (print): 70mm
Subject
Description
Portrait of Matthew Duane in right profile, dressed in a queue wig with white necktie. Presented in an oval frame.
Inscribed: ‘Gyles Hussey advivum del. 1774 James Mitan Sculp. 1798. MATTHEW DUANE ESQ.R. OF LINCOLN’S INN./ ob.1785 Aetat 78./ He was of great Eminence in the Knowledge of the Law, and of the strictest Integrity and Liberality in the Practice of it./ At the same Time the Friend and Patron of the Polite and fine Arts; and particularly distinguished by his singular Skill, Judgement, and Taste, in collecting of Syrian, Phoenician, Grecian, Roman and other Coins, now deposited in the Museum of the late William Hunter, M.D./ He was Fellow of the Royal & Antiquarian Societies and a Trustee of the British Museum. London Publisher. Sept.r. 1. 1798. By J. Thane. Spur Street. Leicester Square.’
Matthew Duane (1707–1785), British conveyancer and art patron, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763.
Inscribed: ‘Gyles Hussey advivum del. 1774 James Mitan Sculp. 1798. MATTHEW DUANE ESQ.R. OF LINCOLN’S INN./ ob.1785 Aetat 78./ He was of great Eminence in the Knowledge of the Law, and of the strictest Integrity and Liberality in the Practice of it./ At the same Time the Friend and Patron of the Polite and fine Arts; and particularly distinguished by his singular Skill, Judgement, and Taste, in collecting of Syrian, Phoenician, Grecian, Roman and other Coins, now deposited in the Museum of the late William Hunter, M.D./ He was Fellow of the Royal & Antiquarian Societies and a Trustee of the British Museum. London Publisher. Sept.r. 1. 1798. By J. Thane. Spur Street. Leicester Square.’
Matthew Duane (1707–1785), British conveyancer and art patron, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763.
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