Portrait of a Gentleman

1704

Thomas Forster

Artist, British, 1677 - 1712

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on parchment (plumbago)

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (oval): 11.9 × 8.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
    mount: 15.9 × 12.5 cm (6 1/4 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.175.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Cowan, Diss (Norfolk), by 1934. (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1974); Reginald Humphris, 1974; by descent until 2015. (Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, Ltd., London); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1934

  • Exhibition of British Art, c. 1000-1860. Royal Academy, London, 1934, no. 1314.

1974

  • Agnew's 101st Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings. Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1974, no. 44.

2018

  • The Spirit and Force of Art: Drawing in Britain 1600 - 1750. Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker, London, 2018, no. 61.

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Inscriptions

by the artist in graphite at lower right, T. Forster: delin 1704.

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