Head of a Man
Date1777/1778
Object PlaceLondon, England, British Isles, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions16 1/4 inches × 21 inches (41.28 × 53.34 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
Object number52.118
DescriptionPortrait bust of a young black man in a brown coat and white collar.On View
On viewLocations
- (not entered) Demo Museum (1995 Broadway), Department Storage, American Art, Unit 1
ProvenanceFormerly in the collections of:
M. Knoedler Co., New York, 1951
Mann. Sale, Christie's, London, February 24, 1951, lot 102
J. W. Burnett, Rock Hall, Alnwick, Northumberland, sold
at Christie's, London, May 23-24, 1928, no 217.
Lord Lyndhurst, son of the artist. Sold in London, March
5, 1864 (Christie's) lot 69, by the executors of his will.
Acquired in 1952.
1810
19th Century
1891
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1904
c. 1914
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