Swedish-born portraitist Hans Hysing moved to London as a young man. The artist created likenesses of English royalty and the upper class. This Hysing is a rendering of the statesman and adventurer George Bubb Dodington as a young man. He became the 1st Baron Melcombe, a wealthy and well-connected rogue who was a friend of royalty and a spy in the service of the King.
Young George Dodington, Future Lord of Melcombe, C.1720, Oil on CanvasAlfred Hysing Sweden (1678 - 1753) |
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Swedish-born portraitist Hans Hysing moved to London as a young man. The artist created likenesses of English royalty and the upper class. This Hysing is a rendering of the statesman and adventurer George Bubb Dodington as a young man. He became the 1st Baron Melcombe, a wealthy and well-connected rogue who was a friend of royalty and a spy in the service of the King. |
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