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Portraits of Abraham and Mabella Acworth

Thomas Hudson, 1745

Marble Hill House, Twickenham

These portraits were painted at the time of the Acworths' marriage, and are particularly good examples of Hudson's work. Abraham Acworth (1719-1781) was named after his uncle, Abraham Ball, from whom he inherited a considerable fortune in 1741, and he became a Clerk to the Exchequer. In 1745 he married Margaretta Mabella Buckeridge, then aged nineteen, the eldest daughter of his uncle Abraham's widow by a former marriage and herself an heiress.

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Title of artwork, date

Portraits of Abraham and Mabella Acworth, 1745

Date supported

1981

Medium and material

Oil

Dimensions

127 x 102 cm

Gifted by

Angus Acworth

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