Portrait of Robert Hunter, Godfrey Kneller, circa 1720

Gallery label: hunter, a colonial governor in america and later in jamaica, was born in ayrshire, scotland and joined the army as a youth. In 1709 the crown appointed him captain general and governor of the provinces of new york and new jersey; arriving in new york in 1710 he began a nine-year administration that proved both wise and popular. With lewis morris, first lord of the manor of morrisania in new york, he was co-author of the first play ("androborus," a satire) to be written and published in america. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: circa 1720. Dimensions: height: 127 cm (50 in); width: 101.6 cm (40 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Robert Hunter. Collection: New-York Historical Society. Robert Hunter (governor)

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Author: Attributed to Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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