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| Title | Portrait of Bishop Hildesley (1695 - 1772) | |
| Collection | Manx Museum | |
| Artist | Reysschoot, Pieter Jan van (Dutch painter, 1702-1772) | |
| Date | 1741 (dated) | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | Dr Mark Hildesley was Bishop of Man from 1755 to 1772. He was born in Marston in Kent and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He continued the task begun by his predecessor, Bishop Wilson, of translating and printing the scriptures in the Manx language. He finally completed this work in 1772, the year of his death. Pieter Jan van Reysschoot was born in Gand and spent part of his career in England. He was brother of the artist Emmanuel Petrus van Reysschoot. | |
| Current Accession Number | IOMMM: L 21814 | |
| Inscription | back 'Anno: Salutis} Aetis/1741 51/Van ReyscHoot Pinxit' | |
| Subject | portrait (Bishop Hildesley) | |
| Measurements | 53.0 x 63.7 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by the Lord Bishop 1974. | |
| Notes | Inscriptions on back: '15 Bishops Court'; '113 Mark Hiddesley, Vicar of Hitchen, Herts/Bishop of Sodor and Man 1755'; '7'; label on back 'Mark Hildesley / B. DECR 1698. D DEC. 1772 / Son of the REVD M. Hildesley / Rector of Murston / Then Houghton. Witon / Fellow of Trinity Coll. Camb / Domestic Chaplain to / Lord Cobham 1723 / 1733 Chaplain to Henry / Vicoun St. John / Vicar of Hitchin 1730 / Married Elizabeth Stoker / Bishop of Sodor. Mann 1755'. | |
| Rights Owner | Manx National Heritage | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |