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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.2000.20 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name painting, oil on canvas Title Reverend Robert Hingeston (1699-1776) c.1750s Description Robert was the son of Peter Hingeston, the Ipswich Borough organist. From Ipswich School he went to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1716. He returned to Ipswich School and was eventually appointed headmaster in 1743, a position he held until his death. In 1752 Gainsborough moved into Foundation Street and became a neighbour of Hingeston who was residing in the Headmaster's House in Lower Brook Street (their gardens would have met). Hingeston became an important patron for Gainsborough, commissioning several portraits. Hingeston and the Reverend Richard Canning were close colleagues linked in the political and social activities in the town. Both portraits are very similar and may have been commissioned as a pair to hang in each other's houses. Acquired with the assistance of the Art Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Friends of the Ipswich Museums. Creator Thomas Gainsborough (artist)‎ Production place Ipswich, Suffolk Production date 1750 - 1760 Production period 18th Century Material oil paint, canvas Technique painted Dimensions height: 750.00 mm width: 620.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.2000.20
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

painting, oil on canvas
Title

Reverend Robert Hingeston (1699-1776) c.1750s
Description

Robert was the son of Peter Hingeston, the Ipswich Borough organist. From Ipswich School he went to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1716. He returned to Ipswich School and was eventually appointed headmaster in 1743, a position he held until his death. In 1752 Gainsborough moved into Foundation Street and became a neighbour of Hingeston who was residing in the Headmaster's House in Lower Brook Street (their gardens would have met). Hingeston became an important patron for Gainsborough, commissioning several portraits. Hingeston and the Reverend Richard Canning were close colleagues linked in the political and social activities in the town. Both portraits are very similar and may have been commissioned as a pair to hang in each other's houses. Acquired with the assistance of the Art Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Friends of the Ipswich Museums.
Creator

Thomas Gainsborough (artist)‎
Production place

Ipswich, Suffolk
Production date

1750 - 1760
Production period

18th Century
Material

oil paint, canvas
Technique

painted
Dimensions

Details