The Rev.d M.r Tho.s Hiscox
Date1773
After work by
Robert Feke (active 1705-1751?)
Designed and printed by
Samuel Okey
Publisher
Charles Reak
(fl. 1773)
MediumMezzotint with line engraving on laid paper
DimensionsFramed: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2in. (24.1 × 19.1cm)
Other: 8 × 5 3/4in. (20.3 × 14.6cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1961-96
DescriptionLower margin reads: "S. Okey Fecit/ The Rev.d M.r Tho,s Hiscox/ late Pastor of the Baptist Church in Westerly taken from an Original/ Picture Painted by M.r Feke./ Published by Reak & Okey Printsellers & Stationers on the Parade Newport Rhode Island./ October 25 1773."Label TextThis print of Reverend Thomas Hiscox (1686-1773) was copied from a portrait of the reverend painted by Robert Feke in 1745. The mezzotint was published the year of his death. Hiscox was the pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Congregation in Westerly, Rhode Island.
The original portrait is in the collection of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum in Newport, Rhode Island.
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