Portrait of George Graham

Thomas Hudson|George Graham

ca. 1739 · Red chalk · Drawings and Prints

In Hudson's busy studio, normally made preparatory designs for portraits, so few drawings by the artist survive. This engaging study relates to a painting of a leading clock and scientific instrument maker now at Sirburn Castle, part of the collection of the Earl of Macclesfield. The finished work shows a chair, table, and pendulum clock, and likely was commissioned around 1739, when Graham supplied scientific instruments to George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield. Around 1740, a mezzotint based on the painting was engraved by Thomas Ryley.

Artist

Thomas Hudson|George Graham

Date

ca. 1739

Medium

Red chalk

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2002