Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Thomas Hull (1728-1808), Actor and playwright

Actor and playwright; played in Dublin and Bath before appearing in 1759 at Covent Garden, where he stayed; founded the Covent Garden Theatrical Fund 1765; an intimate friend of William Shenstone, whose select letters he edited in 1778.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.