
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.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Chubb Collection, c. 1760–c. 1820
Date supported
2004
Medium and material
Pen & ink & watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Various from 10 x 10 cm to 33 x 49 cm
Grant
10000
Total cost
116875

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