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The image shows a man in formal attire, standing with one hand on a table holding a piece of paper. He has a beard, mustache, and styled hair. He wears an elaborate coat with embellishments, a ruffled collar, and a sash. He wears a ring on his hand. Behind him is a curtain, and next to him is a table with a tasseled cloth. The background suggests an interior setting with a column on the left side.
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The image shows a man in formal attire, standing with one hand on a table holding a piece of paper. He has a beard, mustache, and styled hair. He wears an elaborate coat with embellishments, a ruffled collar, and a sash. He wears a ring on his hand. Behind him is a curtain, and next to him is a table with a tasseled cloth. The background suggests an interior setting with a column on the left side.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bacon

William Henry Worthington after Paulus van Somer I

Date
probably 1825
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.7 × 13.9 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.157
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

NGA object ID 37795. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.