# A Comic Actor Dressed as a Gentleman \[recto\]

- By: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater (French, 1695 - 1736)
- Date: c. 1729
- Medium: red chalk on 2 joined sheets of laid paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 23.2 cm (9 x 9 1/8 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift of Neil and Ivan Phillips
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.94478.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/345fc69a-7cde-4cb4-8ac0-25666abedeba/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)