Frances Johnson (née Croke, the Begum Johnson; 1728-1812) hostess

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: British Library (long-term loans), St. Pancras

People

Frances (née Croke, the Begum Johnson) Johnson (1728 - 1812)

Places

Subjects

female portrait, woman, 18th century costume, ruff, bonnet, ribbon (as Subject - costume accessory), wife

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Thomas Hickey (1741 - 1824)

Title

Frances Johnson (née Croke, the Begum Johnson; 1728-1812) hostess

Date

c.1784

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 75.00 cm, width: 62.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Spink & Son, May 1979

Provenance

Collection of East India Company agent William Watts (third husband of the sitter); by descent to Edward Poore-Saurin-Watts (on loan to the Ministry of Works / Department of the Environment from 1950 to 1979); by whom sold through Sotheby's, London, on 21 March 1979 (Lot 22), as 'Portrait of Mrs F. Johnson', for £600; with Spink & Son; from whom purchased by the Department of the Environment in May 1979

GAC number

14528