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1972.19 Title Painting, Henry Fitzhugh (1614-1664) Artist/Maker Hesselius, John Date 18th C. Description Portrait in oils of Henry Fitzhugh (1614-1664), copied in oils by John Hesselius in 1751. Like the portrait of the Virginia dynasty founder William Fitzhugh, this painting of William's father, the last Fitzhugh ancestor to live his entire life in England, is apparently faithfully copied from a lost original; it bears none of the mannerisms of John Hesselius' own, developing style. The two copies were commissioned by William Fitzhugh's second son, Captain Henry Fitzhugh, who did not inherit the originals, or Captain Henry's son, Colonel Henry Fitzhugh, for the paintings hung in their home Bedford through most of the nineteenth century. They are of great importance because so few paintings survive from seventeenth-century Virginia. The original portrait from which this canvas was copied must have been painted in England and carried to the colony by the son, for the sitter never set foot in Virginia. Material Oil on canvas Dimensions Frame Depth, 2.0 in Frame Height, 36.5 in Frame Width, 31.75 in Height, 30.25 in Width, 25 in Subject Terms Painting Portraits Fitzhugh, Henry, 1614-1664 -- Pictorial works Credit Line