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Portrait of Robert Hay Drummond

Andrea Soldi, 1755

The subject was a typically 18th century figure, deeply suspicious of religious enthusiasm and a liberal patron of the arts. Soldi, a native of Florence, came to England where, for some years, he enjoyed considerable success as a portraitist. In its vivacity, this work seems to owe something to Hogarth's Archbishop Herring although it is evidently also a good characterisation of its genial, bonhomous subject.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of Robert Hay Drummond, 1755

Date supported

1983

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

124 x 98 cm

Grant

2750

Total cost

11000

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