Thomas Hutchinson The only formal portrait of Thomas Hutchinson still in existence shows an assured young man in ruffles. Doubtless he sat for other portraits, but none survive. One portrait in his summer house outside Boston was mutilated by a revolutionary crowd. In 1775, Hutchinson fled to Britain, the country he regarded as his cultural home, only to realize how very American he was. © Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA/The Bridgeman Art Library.