File:HughSquier Died 1710 Miniature Mayor'sChain SouthMolton Devon.png
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Unknown miniature portrait artist
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: Detail of a portrait of Hugh Squier (1625-1710), benefactor of South Molton, who founded a Free Scool in South Molton in 1684. By unknown artist. Purchased in 1796 by South Molton Town Council from a certain Mrs May, and today hangs from the chain of office of the Mayor of South Molton. In 1799 a large oil on canvas copy (74cm * 60cm) was made by a certain Mr Whitby and now hangs in the Mayor's Parlour of the Guildhall, South Molton. In 1910 a stone bust of Hugh Squier based on either the miniature or the copy painting was placed in an aedicule on the facade iof the Guildhall, where it remains today. (Source: Morey, Gertrude, Hugh Squier of South Molton, 1625-1710; A Note of his Founding of the Free School in South Molton, his Will and his Benefactions to the Town, published in Devon Historian, Vol. 23, 1981, pp.7-11, pp.10-11) |
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circa 1684 date QS:P571,+1684-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | miniature | |||||||
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height: 4.3 cm (1.6 in); width: 5 cm (1.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,4.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,5U174728 |
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Source/Photographer | Self-photographed |
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