Thomas Hill
(1661-1734), Portrait painterArtist associated with 29 portraits
Thomas Hill was trained to draw by the elder William Faithorne, foremost portrait engraver of his day, and he studied painting under the Dutch history painter Dirk Freres. He worked as a portrait painter from around 1694, living in London but travelling around the country to paint his sitters. Many of Hill's commissions were engraved, including several portraits of bishops, including Philip Bisse, Bishop of Hereford, George Hooper, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury.
by Thomas Hill
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1717
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by Thomas Hill
oil on canvas, circa 1725
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Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone
by Robert Williams, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1690-1691
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Godard van Reede-Ginckel, 1st Earl of Athlone
by Robert Williams, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1690-1691
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by and published by Robert Williams, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, after 1691
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by Robert Williams, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, after 1691
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by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1695
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by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, circa 1700
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by and published by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1700
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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
by John Smith, sold by Peter Griffin, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1705
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by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1705
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by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1705
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by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1706
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by George Vertue, after Thomas Hill
line engraving, 1718
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by and published by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1718 (1717)
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by and published by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1718 (1717)
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by and published by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1718 (1717)
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by George Vertue, after Thomas Hill
line engraving, 1718
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by and published by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1718 (1717)
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by and published by John Smith, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, 1718 (1717)
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