Chubb Collection

John Chubb (1746 - 1818)

Blake Museum

circa 1760 - circa 1820

Collection of amateur works by John Chubb of Bridgewater, a merchant and later Mayor and a magistrate of the town. Includes a series of portraits of local people, from MPs to a butcher, poulterer and innkeeper's servant - normal people who would not have commissioned a professional portrait, and whom Chubb had no need to flatter. The portraits are also an important record of costume, tools, furniture and local scenery of the period. A small number of works in the collection are thought to be by his grandsons.

• Artists Include:
• Chubb family

• Medium: pen & ink & watercolour on paper
• Dimensions: Various from 10 x 10 cm to 33 x 49cm
• Art Fund Grant: £10000 ( Total: £116,875)
• ArtFunded in: 2004
• Vendor: Chubb family

Provenance

Chubb family by descent.

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