Three quarter length portrait of a seated, plump, elderly man (label states Squire Long of Saxmundham). He has receding white, bushy hair and sideburns (whiskers). His hands rest on his lap, his right hand holds a cane (gold highlights). A monocle is (it appears) hung on a dark ribbon around his neck and rests on his pale waistcoat. He wears a dark jacket, white shirt, dark neck-tie.
Hurts Hall, unscreened to the south east of the town, is a neo-Elizabethan mansion of 1893, rebuilt after the elegant 1803 bow-fronted house by Samuel Wyatt was destroyed by fire in 1890. It was lately the home of the Long family, plantation and slave owners in Jamaica, who were nevertheless squires and benefactors to the town. They were linked by descent to the powerful North family of nearby Glemham Hall. Note also that the black japanned frame has an ornate metal frame around the image, gilt bronze, also metal hanging loop and vine-leaf and grape metal fixing mount.
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Three quarter length portrait of a seated, plump, elderly man (label states Squire Long of Saxmundham). He has receding white, bushy hair and sideburns (whiskers). His hands rest on his lap, his right hand holds a cane (gold highlights). A monocle is (it appears) hung on a dark ribbon around his neck and rests on his pale waistcoat. He wears a dark jacket, white shirt, dark neck-tie.
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