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JOHN HOPPNER. Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808)

Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808). Artist: John Hoppner (British, London 1758-1810 London). Dimensions: 30 1/8 x 24 7/8 in. (76.5 x 63.2 cm). Date: 1793.
In 1767 Benjamin Franklin's only daughter Sarah married Richard Bache (1737-1811), later postmaster general of the United States. In 1780 she became the leader of a patriotic organization supplying money and clothing for the Revolutionary War effort, having at one time over 2,000 women employed under her direction. This portrait and that of her husband (private collection) were painted in 1793 in London.

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Author: JOHN HOPPNER (1758-1810)

Title: Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808)

Caption: Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808). Artist: John Hoppner (British, London 1758-1810 London). Dimensions: 30 1/8 x 24 7/8 in. (76.5 x 63.2 cm). Date: 1793. In 1767 Benjamin Franklin's only daughter Sarah married Richard Bache (1737-1811), later postmaster general of the United States. In 1780 she became the leader of a patriotic organization supplying money and clothing for the Revolutionary War effort, having at one time over 2,000 women employed under her direction. This portrait and that of her husband (private collection) were painted in 1793 in London.

Technique/material: OIL ON CANVAS

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 3329 × 4038 px | 38.5 MB

Print size: 28.2 × 34.2 cm | 1310.6 × 1589.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: CANVAS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • JOHN HOPPNER • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OIL ON CANVAS • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS • UNITED KINGDOM