The image shows a man in a portrait from the waist up. He has fair skin, curly light-colored hair, and wears a dark navy coat with gold buttons and a vibrant red collar. Under the coat, he wears a pale yellow waistcoat with a high, ruffled white shirt collar. The man's hands are visible, with one on a long rifle held upright and the other on the brim of a black hat at his side. The background features green foliage, distant mountains, and a serene sky.
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William Yelverton Davenport

Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727 - 1788)

c. 1785/1788

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 127.3 x 101.9 cm (50 1/8 x 40 1/8 in.) ; framed: 154.9 x 129.5 x 12.7 cm (61 x 51 x 5 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of the Coe Foundation
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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