Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1770–72
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
49 1/4 x 39 1/2 in. (125.1 x 100.3 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Morris K. Jesup, Maria DeWitt Jesup, and Louis V. Bell Funds, 1969
Accession Number
69.202
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Henry Benbridge · 1743–1812
**Henry Benbridge** (October 1743 – February 1812) was an American portrait painter born in Philadelphia as the only child of James and Mary (Clark) Benbridge. After his father’s death, his mother remarried wealthy Scottish merchant Thomas Gordon when Benbridge was seven; the family encouraged his artistic talents, and he may have received early instruction from English painter John Wollaston. At ...