Portrait of John Fitzhugh (1727-1809)
Oil on Canvas
By John Hesselius (1728-1778)
“John Fitzhugh, Son of/ Henry Fitzhugh/Aetatis 24/ John Hesselius Pinx/ 1751″
(As copied and inscribed on reline)
25 ” x 30″ Canvas
Members of the Fitzhugh family played an important role in the colonial era history of Stafford County and were among the earliest Virginia patrons of the artist John Hesselius with whom they established a long and fruitful relationship. This portrait of John Fitzhugh was taken in 1751 and is one of the first of this remarkable group. See MESDA S-5766, Frick Archive and Richard Doud’s “The Fitzhugh Portraits of John Hesselius”. SOLD
