Catalogue of the Henry C. Frick Collection of Paintings, 1908 [pages 12-13]

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17 GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS, R. A. 1727-1788 MRS. HATCHET — Half-length, full face in oval, dressed in a low neck yellow gown, trimmed with white chiffon. Hair worn in loose curls around the neck. Foliage and landscape background.

The lady painted was (like the Hatchetts) fo a Huguenot family, which disguised itself under the English surname of Collick, but the real name was lost. She was seventeen when Gainsborough painted her. He used to spend many evenings at her father's house, and was won by the young lady's extraordinary musical genius. She was a pupil of Clementi, who pronounced her the first non-professional performer in England. Gainsborough asked to paint her, and declared he would do his best, and sent it home a gift from the painter in the year 1786.

In 1786 she married Charles Hatchett, Esq., of Mount Clare, Roehampton. He was descended from the old French Noblesse, but better known in England as a literary and scientific man. He was treasurer of the Club to which Johnson and Reynolds belonged and lived long enough to be the Father of the Royal Society, and died in 1847.

Canvas: W. 24 1/2; H. 29 3/8 Collection: Alfred Rothschild, London. Charles Wertheimer, London Archibald Coates, Glasgow.

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18 HALS, FRANS 1580 or 81-1666 PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST — "Half-length, seated to right, full face, right arm on back of chair with a paint brush in hand, large black hat, black dress, wide collar." See Gerald S. Davies's book on Hals, p. 146. Exhibited Burlington House, 1882, No. 87 (where it was called a portrait of the painter). Signed at the right below the centre, "F. H., 1635." Canvas: W. 32 1/2; H. 39 1/2 Collection: S. K. Mainwaring, Ottley, England.

19 HOBBEMA, MEINDERT 1638-1709 A VIEW OF A WOODY COUNTRY — Woody landscape. In the centre of the foreground is a winding country road, to the left of which is a man resting on the ground and conversing with a man and a woman. Beyond the trees to the left and in the centre are cottages. On the road are four figures at intervals. In the centre beyond more cottages are seen, also one to the extreme right, blue sky with clouds. Described in Smith's Catalogue Raisonne, Part VI, page 143, No. 86 Exhibited: Burlington House, 1882, No. 80. Panel: W. 43 1/2; H. 30 Signed at the lower left, "M. Hobbema, 1665." Collection: G.W. Blathwayt, 1882, near Bristol, England Rev. W.T. Blathwayt of Dyrham Park, England 1901.

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