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William Hodges R.A. 1744-1797
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Description
- William Hodges R.A.
- A view of the Rhine in Germany; and a view of the mountains of Switzerland
- A pair, oil on canvas, oval
- Each 36 by 47cm., 14 by 18½in.
Provenance
Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802);
Thence be descent at Broadlands until sold by Lady Edwina Mountbatten to Mr. Ernest Maffey;
Thence by descent until offered for sale at Sotheby's, 9th November 1994 lot 85, later acquired by the present owner
Thence be descent at Broadlands until sold by Lady Edwina Mountbatten to Mr. Ernest Maffey;
Thence by descent until offered for sale at Sotheby's, 9th November 1994 lot 85, later acquired by the present owner
Exhibited
Society of Artists, 1772, nos. 134 and 135
Literature
Isabel Stuebe, William Hodges, Ph.D. Thesis, 1978, pp. 320, nos. 545 and 562
Catalogue Note
Hodges visited Germany and Switzerland in 1771 or early 1772 and he exhibited four views from the trip in 1772. J.H. Mortimer and Thomas Jones described these pictures and another pair as 'well chosen, and much in the manner of Wilson'.
Palmerston was a patron of Hodges and obtained for him the post of draughtsman to Captain Cook's second expedition to the South Seas.