File:Portrait, William Byrd III, John Hesselius.jpg

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Artist
John Hesselius  (1728–1778)  wikidata:Q5804007
 
Alternative names
Johan Hesselius; Johann Hesselius
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 1728 Edit this at Wikidata 9 April 1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Philadelphia Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q5804007
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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English: William Byrd III, the wealthy heir of Westover plantation, stands for an oil portrait by eighteenth-century artist John Hesselius. The artist includes a horse in the background of the portrait. Byrd imported horses from England and gambled on high stakes horse races. According to the 1813 will drawn up by Byrd's widow, Mary Willing Byrd, this painting was hung "in the passage" at Westover.
Date 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
institution QS:P195,Q7934315
Source/Photographer Encyclopedia Virginia. Courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society.

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