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This image is a sketch of a person in historical formal attire. The person is depicted standing with one hand resting on a surface, legs crossed at the ankles. The face is drawn with basic features and the hair is tied back. The attire includes a long coat, waistcoat, breeches, and buckled shoes. In the background, there are faint lines and a grid, suggesting this is an unfinished drawing.
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This image is a sketch of a person in historical formal attire. The person is depicted standing with one hand resting on a surface, legs crossed at the ankles. The face is drawn with basic features and the hair is tied back. The attire includes a long coat, waistcoat, breeches, and buckled shoes. In the background, there are faint lines and a grid, suggesting this is an unfinished drawing.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Gentleman

John Singleton Copley

Date
1776/1780
Medium
graphite and white chalk on gray-washed laid paper, squared with graphite
Dimensions
support: 48.4 × 32.4 cm (19 1/16 × 12 3/4 in.) sheet: 42.2 × 27.3 cm (16 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1980.4.3
Credit line
John Davis Hatch Collection, Andrew W. Mellon Fund and Avalon Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Standing
  • male
  • figure
  • Fashion
Provenance

Mrs. Frank, London; Harry Sperling, New York; John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; acquired 1980 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

in later hand, lower left in pen and brown ink: By Copley / From E.B. [Tripp?] / to G. Richmond / 11 May 1870; lower left verso in graphite: A 19446

NGA object ID 57510. 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.