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The inscription on the panel below the portrait reads: 'Wm Garforth Esq. Late Gouernvour of this Company, in his life time, gave Five pounds a year forever, to be paid out of a House in Micklegate, towards the Maintenance of the Widdows, in our Hospital, 1722.'
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall
York
Title
William Garforth
Date
c.1720
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 86 x W 65 cm
Accession number
YORMA 142
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Wm Garforth Esq. Late Gouernvour of this Company, in his life time, gave Five pounds a year forever, to be paid out of a House in Micklegate, towards the Maintenance of the Widdows, in our Hospital, 1722.