John Zephaniah Holwell (1711-1798)
Johann Joseph Zoffany, German, 1733 - 1810
about 1765
Oil on canvas
Overall: 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. McGoughran, Class of 1920
P.961.244
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Nazi-Era Provenance Research
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
GOVT 86.43/MES 12.14, Intellectual History of Racism, Michelle Clarke and Jonathan Smolin, Spring 2022
History 90.14, The Global British Empire, Tiraana Bains, Winter 2023
History 90.14, The Global British Empire, Tiraana Bains, Winter 2023
Exhibition History
Portraits at Dartmouth, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 10-April 16, 1978.
Publication History
Arthur R. Blumenthal, Portraits at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth Collection, 1978, no. 25, p. 34.
Tristram Stuart, The Bloodless Revolution: Radical Vegetarians and the Discovery of India, London, UK: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006, ill. insert before page 311.
Provenance
Acquired by Frances Armstrong McGoughran (1905-2000) and Charles Fraser McGoughran (1897-1980), Norfolk, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1961.
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