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English: Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701-1779 Twickenham)

Portrait of Mary Ffolkes, née Browne (1721-73), three-quarter-length, seated wearing a white satin dress

signed lower left: T. Hudson / Pinxit; and later inscribed upper right: Mary Dr. & Heiress of / Sir Wm. Browne. / 2d. Wife of W. Folkes Esq. / Ob. 1773 Æt.: 52.

oil on canvas

126 x 101 cm.; 49⅝ x 39¾ in.

Mary Ffolkes was the daughter of the wealthy doctor, Sir William Browne and Mary Greene of Lynn, Norfolk (today King’s Lynn). Browne, who was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1765-66, commissioned Hudson to paint portraits of his wife and daughter, and was himself portrayed by the artist on three occasions. Mary married William Ffolkes (d. 1773), of Hillington Hall, Norfolk, in 1747.
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Thomas Hudson  (1701–1779)  wikidata:Q1502003
 
Thomas Hudson
Description English art collector, painter, portraitist and visual artist
Date of birth/death 1701 Edit this at Wikidata 26 January 1779 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Devon Edit this at Wikidata Twickenham Edit this at Wikidata
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