Portrait of Isaac Dawson (1694-1773) of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, half-length, in a blue coat and red waistcoat, holding a scroll in his left hand; and Portrait of Elizabeth Dawson, née Fowler, half-length, in a white dress with lace trimmings and a lace cap, in a landscape, feigned oval

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Circle of Thomas Hudson (1701-1779)
Portrait of Isaac Dawson (1694-1773) of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, half-length, in a blue coat and red waistcoat, holding a scroll in his left hand; and Portrait of Elizabeth Dawson, née Fowler, half-length, in a white dress with lace trimmings and a lace cap, in a landscape, feigned oval
the former inscribed 'Isaac Dawson/Ashby de la Zouch' (on the reverse) and the latter 'Mrs Isaac Dawson/née Mary Fowler' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
a pair (2)

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Lot Essay

Isaac Dawson of Ashby-de-la-Zouche, son of John Dawson, was born in Ashby in 1694. A lawyer by profession he was stopped and bound by three highwaymen on a journey to York. He later caught and arrested them and received the £40 reward after their subsequent execution. Unable to enjoy the money obtained through the death of others he founded the Blue-Coat Charity, a public school, and paid for the preaching of an annual sermon, commemorative of his deliverance from death.

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