Portrait of Thomas Haselden (d.1740) gullibility 'Sir Robert Kite

'Sir Robert Kite

The event is taken from St John's Gospel

and the print is a satire on the distress and financial failures of 1773-1774

rings round their necks and elaborate headdresses

Portrait of Thomas Haselden (d.1740) gullibility 'Sir Robert KiteHead and shoulders portrait, oval, Haselden wearing a shoulder length wig, with a loose gown over a buttoned coat or waistcoat and a white neck cloth. A coat of arms appears below the main image. Inscribed: 'Thomas Haselden, F. R. S, Head Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth. T Frye pinxt. 1735. J. Faber fecit, 1740.' In pencil lower left '1739'; lower right '2 6'. Thomas Haselden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739. Original: