Samuel Gale (1682-1754)

Samuel Gale was elected the Society’s first Treasurer and served from 1718 to 1740. A godson of Samuel Pepys he was the official Custom House searcher of imported books and antiquities. He is shown half-length, facing his left, turning his head to his right, wearing a dark brown coat, his white shirt open at the neck.

Artist / Maker
Isaac Whood (1688/9–1752).
Type
painting
Date
c. 1730
Origin
Purchased by the Society at the Scruton Hall sale in 1953, with another portrait of Samuel and one of his eldest brother Roger (not on display)
Material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
747 x 610mm
Location
Burlington House

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