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Portrait of Richard Eld, Master in Chancery (by Thomas Hudson)

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English: Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701-1779 Twickenham)

Portrait of Richard Eld, Master in Chancery, three-quarter length

oil on canvas, in a painted oval: 47 by 36 1/2 in.; 119.4 by 92.7 cm.

The Court of Chancery, before its dissolution in 1852, was a powerful body that had jurisdiction over all matters of equality under the law, including trusts, estates, and guardianship of the mentally ill and infants. Richard Eld would have been one of twelve Masters in Chancery serving under a Master of the Rolls and a Lord Chancellor.

Dr. Bob Jones, Jr. (1911 - 1997) was the second president and chancellor of Bob Jones University and the founder of Bob Jones University Art Museum, which focuses on religious art.
Date 18th century
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/master-paintings-and-drawings-2/portrait-of-richard-eld-master-in-chancery-three
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Thomas Hudson  (1701–1779)  wikidata:Q1502003
 
Thomas Hudson
Description English art collector, painter, portraitist and visual artist
Date of birth/death 1701 Edit this at Wikidata 26 January 1779 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Devon Twickenham
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1502003

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