JOHN HESSELIUS - PORTRAIT OF LYNFORD LARDNER, John Hesselius

Signed 'jno hesselius pinx' center right (on column), oil on canvas 39 x 32 in. (99. 1 x 81. 3cm) provenance: private collection, pennsylvania. By descent in the family. Private collection, pennsylvania. Exhibited: 'exhibition of portraits presented by the national society of colonial dames of america,' pennsylvania academy of the fine arts, philadelphia, pennsylvania, december 8, 1958 - january 11, 1959 (as robert feke). "philadelphia: three centuries of american art. " the philadelphia museum of art. April 11- october 10, 1976, no. 37. Note: this portrait has been in the collection of the same family since the 18th century. Date: 18th century.