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Portrait of a Gentleman
Henry Benbridge (born Philadelphia, PA 1743-died Philadelphia, PA 1812)
ca. 1795
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- image (oval): 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.4 x 3.5 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
- 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
This portrait of a gruff-looking gentleman was originally attributed to Edward Savage, but research indicates it is by Henry Benbridge. The sitter’s wary expression and pugnacious jaw suggest a personality only slightly tamed by elegant clothing.
