Group Portrait of the Brewster Family
Thomas Bardwell, 1736
This conversation piece depicts a typical middle class family of the period. Francis Brewster was a linen draper and lived in Beccles, Suffolk with his three surviving daughters and son. The setting is unostentatious and relatively plain although the tripod table and India-backed chairs are of good quality and of recent design.
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Title of artwork, date
Group Portrait of the Brewster Family, 1736
Date supported
2005
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
101.5 x 127 cm
Grant
27000
Total cost
40000
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