Portrait of Captain Thomas Coram is a 1740 portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram painted by William Hogarth. The portrait, which represents Hogarth's highest achievement in direct portraiture, was not created as a commission and was instead donated to Coram's Foundling Hospital.[1] The portrait is divided into two sections: The left side represents Coram's sea ventures, a major source of his wealth. The right side shows a curtain pulled over a mother figure with a child.[2]
The painting is now in the collection of London's Foundling Museum.
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- ^ "Captain Coram". Artble. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "William Hogarth - The Portrait of Thomas Coram". YodelOut. Retrieved 14 July 2014.