Portrait of a Gentleman, 1704

Not on View

Medium

graphite on parchment (plumbago)

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.)

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund

Accession Number

2018.175.3

Artists / Makers

Thomas Forster (artist) British, 1677 - 1712

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

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

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

Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
Humphris, Reginald
Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker, Ltd., London

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.