# Portrait of a Man

- By: William Beechey (British, 1753–1839)
- Date: c. 1800
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Unframed: 75.2 x 63 cm (29 5/8 x 24 13/16 in.)
- Culture: England, early 19th Century
- Credit line: Anonymous Gift
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.75)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1978.75/1978.75_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The subject’s elongated, slightly softened facial features and vaguely detached air are typical of William Beechey’s elegant portraits of male subjects. The jacket worn by the sitter is probably a naval uniform. Beechey enjoyed a very successful painting career in London. In 1793 he was appointed portrait painter to Queen Charlotte and was knighted in 1798.