{"title":"Hudson, Thomas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Hudson (1701-1779) \u003c\/strong\u003ewas an English painter who specialised in portrait painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHudson was born in Devon, in 1701. He studied under Jonathan Richardson in London and, against the latter's wishes, married Richardson's daughter at some point before 1725.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHudson was most prolific between 1740 and 1760 and, from 1745 until 1755 was the most successful London portraitist. He had many assistants, and employed the specialist drapery painter Joseph Van Aken. Joshua Reynolds, Joseph Wright and the drapery painter Peter Toms were his students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHudson visited the Low Countries in 1748 and Italy in 1752. In 1753, he bought a house at Cross Deep, Twickenham, just upstream from Pope's Villa. He retired toward the end of the 1750s. William Hickey described the elderly Hudson, \"His figure was rather grotesque, being uncommonly low in stature, with a prodigious belly, and constantly wearing a large white bushy periwig. He was remarkably good tempered, and one of my first-rate favourites, notwithstanding that he often told me I should certainly be hanged.\" He died at Twickenham in 1779, aged 77 or 78. His extensive private art collection was sold off in three separate sales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of Hudson's works may be seen in art galleries throughout the United Kingdom. They include the National Portrait Gallery, the National Maritime Museum, Tate, Barnstaple Guildhall, Foundling Museum and the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hudson-thomas-1701-1779-suzannah-cibber-actress-c-1749","title":"Hudson, Thomas (1701-1779) - Suzannah Cibber, actress c.1749","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtwork by the British artist Thomas Hudson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 3960 pixels wide by 4792 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/hudson-thomas\" title=\"Thomas Hudson\"\u003eThomas Hudson\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61257366536522,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Hudson_Thomas_1701-1779_-SuzannahCibber_actress_main.jpg?v=1772671451"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Hudson_Thomas_1701-1779-2776163.jpg?v=1772671388","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/hudson-thomas.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}