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Member of the Mayfield Family
George Place (Irish, born Dublin, Ireland 1760 or 1775-died Lucknow, India 1805 or 1809)
ca. 1805
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.8 cm.)
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Until we learn more about George Place’s life and career, it is impossible to know if the artist painted this member of the Mayfield family in the United Kingdom, the United States, or in India. The gentleman’s features appear lifelike, but his disproportionally large head and wide eyes create an unnatural composition.
