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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE H. L. BENJAMIN ESQ.
THOMAS FORSTER (c. 1677-1712)

The Reverend Timothy Crusoe, facing right in robes and white bands

細節
THOMAS FORSTER (c. 1677-1712)
The Reverend Timothy Crusoe, facing right in robes and white bands
plumbago on card
signed and dated 'TForster Delin [..]94' (lower right)
oval, 3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) high, turned wood frame
出版
S. Lee (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, London, 1909, Vol. V, p. 265.
刻印
R. White.

拍品專文

Timothy Crusoe (or Cruso) (1656?-1697) was a presbyterian minister who studied for the ministry at Newington Green Academy and settled in London before 1688 at Crutched Friary. He was a distinguished speaker and many of his sermons and funeral addresses were published.
Another plumbago of the sitter also by Forster was sold as part of the Frederick Joachim Collection, part II, Christie's South Kensington, 2 May 1995, lot 86.