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Description: | Portrait of young, eighteenth century man, forward-facing with his head turned to the right. He is depicted wearing a wig with ringlets above the ears, a grey coat unbuttoned at the collar with a pink lining, shirt cuffs visible at the wrist, and a stock tied round his neck. The figure leans forward slightly to rest his folded arms on a surface in the lower foreground and places his left hand on top of a book. The background is dark and undetailed.
Technique: oil on canvas
medium: oil paint
A Gentleman by Joseph Wright of Derby A.R.A., George Formerly attributed to Romney, English School, 18thC, 1777-1780, (1901.5). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.244 | Go to resource |
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