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Description: | Thomas Hanson (1691-1770) was a wealthy merchant of London, originally from Canterbury. He died in 1770 leaving a charitable donation to three hospitals in Canterbury. His portrait hung at the Town Hall and is presently hung at Tower Hall. Johan Zoffany is known to have painted Thomas Hanson in 1767. A portrait of Hanson as an old man seated in a landscape setting by Zoffany is in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, while a version of it was sold at Christie's, London, 11 April 1980, lot. 152. In the portrait in Canterbury Thomas Hanson is depicted in the same pose holding a walking stick, but here he is portrayed in an interior with his coat of arms in the background. | Subjects: | Thomas) portrait (Hanson | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Zoffany, Johann (German painter, 1733-1810, active in England) Æ Attributed to school of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8857... | Go to resource |
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