Lot 34: CHARLES HOWARD HODGES (1764-1837)

PORTRAIT OF DAVID BERCK, A BANKER OF AMSTERDAM, THREE-QUARTER-LENGTH, SEATED BY A DESK IN AN INTERIOR SIGNED AND DATED 'C.H. HODGES /FECIT.1818.' (LOWER LEFT) WITH IDENTIFYING INSCRIPTION ON A LETTER 'DEN HEERE DAVID BERCK TE AMSTERDAM' (ON A LETTER) OIL ON CANVAS 401/2 X 32 IN. (102.8 X 81.3 CM.) NOTES HODGES, WHO WAS BORN IN PORTSMOUTH, WAS PROBABLY A PUPIL OF JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH AND ENTERED THE ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS IN 1782. HOWEVER, ALL HIS KNOWN PORTRAITS WERE EXECUTED IN HOLLAND WHERE HE SETTLED IN ABOUT 1788.