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Portrait of Thomas Ashburne, aged 11 years

Stephen Elmer, 1735

Thomas was the only son of a wealthy Farnham dignitary. He is depicted wearing the fashionable attire of a gentleman: brown wool coat, elaborately embroidered silk waistcoat, and cambric or linen shirt. He carries a three-cornered hat under one arm and holds a silver-topped cane. In his buttonhole there is a sprig of summer jasmine. Stephen Elmer owned the building which now houses the Museum of Farnham.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of Thomas Ashburne, aged 11 years, 1735

Date supported

1996

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

78 x 65 cm

Grant

3100

Total cost

12500

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