Sir Thomas Mills (d.1793)

Image credit: Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

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This piece is one of five known copies produced by the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Mills met Joshua Reynolds in 1771, and was knighted in 1772. He was a friend of David Garrick and was present at his funeral, and was also invited to the house of the Thrales. Samuel Johnson described Mills as “in his prosperity civil and officious”. Mills served as a young officer in the army under Generals Wolfe at Quebec and Amherst at Montreal. Mills was later Receiver-General of Quebec, a post he held until 1789. He died in 1793.

Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

Lichfield

Title

Sir Thomas Mills (d.1793)

Date

1772–1778

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 93 x W 80 cm

Accession number

2001.116

Acquisition method

gift from Mr Michael Waterhouse, 1968

Work type

Painting

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