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Theodore Jacobsen was a German merchant. In retirement he became an amateur architect and was commissioned to design the Foundling Hospital in 1742. He had become a Governor in 1739 and offered his services as architect free of charge. In this portrait he is shown holding the architectural plans for the Hospital. Jacobsen’s architecture was a means of augmenting his social status as well as providing an outlet for his philanthropy. He also designed the East India House in London, the Royal Hospital at Haslar and the West Front of Trinity College Dublin. Thomas Hudson was the most fashionable portrait painter within Establishment circles in London in the 1740s and 1750s. He arrived in the capital from Devonshire in the 1720s and entered the studio of Jonathan Richardson.
Foundling Museum
London
Title
Theodore Jacobsen
Date
1746
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 236.2 x W 137.1 cm
Accession number
FM37
Acquisition method
presented by the artist, 1746
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Inscribed lower right: PAINTED & GIVEN BY THO: HUDSON Inscribed lower left: Theodore Jacobsen Esq.
Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square, London, Greater London WC1N 1AZ England
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