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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Portrait of a Gentleman
Joseph Wright (painter)
British, 1734 - 1797
Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1770-1773
oil on canvas
overall: 128 x 102 cm (50 3/8 x 40 3/16 in.)
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
1940.1.11
From the Tour: British Conversation Pieces and Portraits of the 1700s
Object 5 of 6

Exhibition History

1932
Inaugural exhibition, Museum of the City of New York, 1932, no. cat., as by Copley.
1933
The Opening Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1933, no. 1, as by Copley.

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