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 | Judge Edmund Quincy 1737 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
 | Mrs. James Macsparran (Hannah Gardiner) 1732 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
 | Mrs. Tyng 1729 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
 | William Dudley 1729 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |  Son of an early governor of Massachusetts, Dudley was a prominent politician. His luxurious clothing, dramatic pose, and the rich palette are typical of the early Baroque style. Compared with contemporary London works, however, Dudley's face is depicted with a high degree of individuality and realism. Portraits made for the European aristocracy often... | Unrated | Anonymous |
 | Mrs. William Dudley (Elizabeth Davenport) 1729 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Smibert had been in the colonies only a few months when the Dudleys commissioned him to paint these portraits in the latest continental style. Such portraits were great luxuries, indicating the Dudley's wealth, ambition, and desire to stay abreast of European trends. The rich, skillfully painted fabrics that drape the sitter demonstrate both this and... | Unrated | Anonymous |
 | Judge Samuel Sewall 1729 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Sewall (1652–1730) was among the leading jurists of Massachusetts, serving as chief justice of the Superior Court in the 1720s. Earlier in his career, Sewall presided over the 1692 Salem witch trials (and was the only one of the three judges to publicly recant his role in that event). Today, he is perhaps best known for his copious diary, which... | Unrated | Anonymous |
 | Judge Charles Chambers 1743 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
 | Thomas Hancock 1730 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Born into a famiy of modest clergymen, Hancock became one of the richest and most powerful men in Boston. He commissioned this portrait and one of Lydia Henchman on the occasion of their marriage. According to Smibert's notebooks, these relatively small, three-quarter views were the cheapest portraits the artist offered, suggesting that at this point... | Unrated | Anonymous |
 | Daniel, Peter, And Andrew Oliver 1732 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
 | Benjamin Morland 1724 Yale Center for British Art New Haven, CT | Unrated | Anonymous |
- John Smibert
