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Dr Benjamin Hoadly, MD
William Hogarthearly 1740s
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Benjamin Hoadly (1706–57), son of the Bishop of Winchester, was a medical doctor and dramatist. His popular comedy The suspicious husband was first performed at Covent Garden in 1747 with David Garrick in the lead role. He was a close friend of Hogarth whom he assisted in writing his quasi-scientific treatise The analysis of beauty (1753). The sobriety of this portrait possibly reflects Hoadly’s appointment in 1742 as physician to the Royal household.
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- Title: Dr Benjamin Hoadly, MD
- Creator: William Hogarth
- Date Created: early 1740s
- Physical Dimensions: 75.8 x 63.8 cm stretcher; 98.5 x 86.2 x 5.0 cm frame
- Provenance: John Hoadly, England, Probably collected this painting. It is likely that this is the portrait mentioned by John Hoadly in a letter to Hogarth as being sent up to London to be repainted. Lord Mackintosh of Halifax, England Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle, 14th Earl of Lincoln, England Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle, 15th Earl of Lincoln, 1928-04 Jun 1937, England, by descent, sold Christie London, 4 June 1937, lot no. 38 Agnew's, London, 04 Jun 1937-09 Nov 1945, London/England, Purchased from the Earl of Lincoln's sale Christie's London, 4 June 1937, lot no. 38 Freeman & Son, post 09 Nov 1945, England, Purchased from Agnew's, 9 November 1945 Sotheby's London, 21 Jun 1950, London/England, Purchased by Agnews at Sotheby's London, 21 June 1950. Jointly owned by Agnew's and Arthur Tooth & Sons. Agnew's, London, 21 Jun 1950-27 Apr 1951, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Agnew's 1951. Jointly owned by Agnew's and Arthur Tooth & Sons.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Purchased 1951
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Signature & Date: Not signed. Not dated.
- Object Other Titles: Dr Benjamin Hoadley M.D.
- Artist Country: England
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