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Description: | This three-quarter length portrait of Alderman William Chapman is one of thirty portraits of Bath councillors which General Wade commissioned from Van Diest. The Alderman appears to be in early middle-age, he is depicted standing, with his left hand resting on a chair back and his right hand on his hip. He is attired in a dark brown coat with a black gown.William Chapman (d. 1729) was elected Alderman of the city of Bath in 1725 and Mayor in 1727. He was buried in Bath Abbey. | Subjects: | portrait (William Chapman) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Diest, Johan van (Dutch painter, act. c.1700) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8348... | Go to resource |
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