Freeman Flower

1. Freeman Flower (died 1794), from 1747; by descent to his daughter, Lydia, Mrs. Samuel Shore; bequeathed by her to her second cousin Dr. Whittaker, "Whittaker of Belmount" [according to label on back of stretcher]. Sold Pearson's, Winchester, 13 December 1977, no. 570 (as one of a pair with 1987.262.3) to Thomas Agnew and Sons, London [letter from Gabriel Naughton, Agnew’s, 19 March 1993, in curatorial file]; sold by Agnew’s, 21 March 1979, to John N. Estabrook, Chicago [letter from Gabriel Naughton cited above]; bequeathed by John and Dorothy Estabrook to the Art Institute, 1987.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• London, Thomas Agnew and Sons, "Three Centuries of British Paintings," 1978, no. 50.

• Elizabeth Einberg and Judy Egerton, The Age of Hogarth: British Painters born 1675–1709, Tate Gallery Collections 2 (London, 1988), p. 64, under no. 25.
• Warren Mild, Joseph Highmore of Holborn Row (London, 1990), between pp. 262 and 263 (ill.).
• Malcolm Warner in Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1996), pp. 242–45 (ill.).

Self-Portrait

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Oval, bust-length portrait study of a young man

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Half-length portrait study of a wigged man

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Bust-length portrait study of a young woman with a striped shawl

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Half-length portrait study of a woman wearing a cap and pearl earrings

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Half-length portrait study of a young woman with long hair

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three-quarter length portrait study of a man seated at a desk with a dog

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Girl Building a House of Cards

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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