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The portrait shows Nathaniel Cholmley as a wealthy, learned man, dressed in what was then a fashionable outfit, a richly patterned tea-gown, with his hair dressed but not powdered. The sitter obviously requested an informal portrait from the artist, who depicted Cholmley gesturing to a pile of letters on the table to his side, as if engaging the viewer in a conversation about their content or writer. The artist has cleverly included the sitter’s name in the portrait by showing Chomley holding a letter addressed to himself.
Title
Nathaniel Cholmley (1684–1755)
Date
1687
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 122.5 x W 100.7 cm
Accession number
KINCM:2005.4959
Acquisition method
purchased at Strickland (?) sale, Spencer’s of Retford, 1950
Work type
Painting
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