Thomas Atwood Senior, City Councillor

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Portraits of 30 Bath councillors were commissioned in 1728 by Field Marshall Wade, MP for Bath. They were displayed in Bath’s Guildhall to celebrate the achievement of the council at a time when Bath’s heyday as a fashionable Georgian resort was just beginning.

This is one of only 6 that survive from the original group of portraits. The Attwoods were a powerful, successful family. They ran a lucrative plumbing and glazing company. They were extremely influential, as several served on the Corporation, or Council.

Bath Guildhall, Victoria Art Gallery

Bath

Title

Thomas Atwood Senior, City Councillor

Date

1728

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 128 x W 102 cm

Accession number

BATVG : P : 1984.10

Acquisition method

gift to the Corporation; on loan from the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath

Work type

Painting

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