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Thomas Hutchinson Oil on canvas
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Oil on canvas by unidentified artist, [17--]

43.7 cm x 35.1 cm; in frame 53.3 cm x 43.2 cm x 2 cm

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[ This description is from the project: Revolutionary-era Art and Artifacts ]

This portrait of Thomas Hutchinson, the last colonial governor of Massachusetts, was painted by an unidentified artist based on a portrait painted by Edward Truman in 1741.

Thomas Hutchinson was born in Boston in 1711. He graduated from Harvard College in 1727 and married Margaret Sanford in 1734. A merchant and historian, he served as provincial assemblyman, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, councillor, lieutenant governor, chief justice, and the last colonial governor of Massachusetts. A conservative and loyalist, Hutchinson left for England in 1774 as one of the most hated men in Massachusetts. Thomas Hutchinson died in exile in England in 1780.