This painting is a portrait of a man standing upright, his chest facing us and his head turned to the left. A horse is positioned directly behind him, and his left arm is lifted, resting on the horse's back. The man has fair skin and wavy gray hair that curls around his ears and seems to be tied behind his neck. He has a slightly flushed complexion, a long nose, pale eyebrows, and lips that seem to be partially open. He wears a formal military uniform, including a brown coat adorned with silver braiding, a brown vest, a pink sash tied at his waist, tan trousers, and tall black boots. He…
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Captain Patrick Miller

Sir Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756 - 1823)

1788/1789, altered later (date unknown)

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 167.2 x 132.8 cm (65 13/16 x 52 5/16 in.) ; framed: 195.9 x 160 x 11.4 cm (77 1/8 x 63 x 4 1/2 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Pauline Sabin Davis
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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