Portrait of a Man

c. 1860

British 19th Century

Associated Names
British 19th Century

Artist

The image depicts a man from the waist up, seated with his right elbow resting slightly on his knee. His head is tilted slightly to the side. The man has a receding hairline with short-cropped hair and a full beard. He is dressed in a dark suit with a white shirt underneath and a bow tie, holding a straw hat in his lap. The background shows a blurred interior with potted flowers by a window or ledge. The image is bordered with an ornate gold frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    ambrotype

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 7.3 × 5.8 cm (2 7/8 × 2 5/16 in.)
    mat: 8.3 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
    case (closed): 9.5 × 8.3 × 2.2 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.1.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ashworth Family, England; (sale, England, 2017); (Jason Wright, Huddersfield, England); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on bottom edge of case, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite on applied label: PD372 L

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