Luke Foreman (1757-1814) and his wife Mary (1764?-1834)

Author:

Charles Sebag-Montefiore, FSA

Report:

42

Page:

47

Year:

2015

Subject Matter:

Lisbon and OPorto Factory Houses, British Merchants and Ec. Relations

Excerpt:

Based on an archive of letters written from and to Lisbon in the 1750s and 1760s by the owner of an import/export business in Lisbon.

Luke Foreman was a successful businessman who, together with his wife, used his income to build up an extensive collection of artworks, including A Magdalen (illustrated) by Titian. The article, by a noted collector of documents related to the history of collecting, discusses how the works were purchased and what happened to them after the deaths of the couple.

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