Lot 100: Charles Howard Hodges (London 1764-1837 Amsterdam)

Portrait of Thomas Jackson (1791/92-1834), seated half-length, in a black costume with a white jabot, his left arm resting on the back of his chair; and Portrait of Hannah Jackson, née Leonard Hull (c. 1789/90-1833), half-length, in a blue and black dress with a white lace collar and a golden pin with a red gem, a red cashmir wrap and a white cap with blue ribbons
oil on canvas
71.2 x 60.3 cm.
in the original frames, carved by the sitter
a pair (2)

Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, Charles Howard Hodges, 29 May-1 August 1982.

A.C.A.W. Baron van der Feltz, Charles Howard Hodges 1764 - 1837, Assen, 1982, p. 180, nos. 286-7.

The sitters, and by descent through their daughter
Mary Jane Vethake, née Jackson (Amsterdam 1823-1869) to her son, by whom beqeuathed to his widow
Mrs. Vethake, née Baedt, to
A. Westendorp, and thence by descent to W.G. van der Vecht, IJhorst.
Purchased by A.C.A.W. Baron van der Feltz (the author of the catalogue raisonée).

The sitters married on 8 July 1818 in Amsterdam. Thomas Jackson was a glass maker and an art dealer in Amsterdam. His atelier was situated at the Kalverstraat 100. As a glass maker and dealer Jackson made several exclusive protection glasses for Hodges' famous pastels and pictures and also sold the artist's works to his clientele.

Judging from the costumes of the sitters, the present lot is to be dated towards the 1820s. It is highly likely that these portraits were executed just after the sitters' marriage in 1818.

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