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Sir Thomas Smythe was an English merchant and politician. He was the first Governor of the East India Trading Company and was elected a Member of Parliament in 1614 and 1622.
The present lot derives from a painting by Hans Holbein once at Hill Hall, Essex. A number of variants of Holbein's portrait exist, including one by Thomas Hudson in the Collection of Queen's College, Cambridge University and one from the Collection at Spains Hall, Finchingfield that was sold in these rooms on 24 October 2018 (lot 44).