Portrait of Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, Governor-General of India
Medium
watercolor and gouache heightened with white gouache on paper
Dimensions
image: 8.8 × 7.6 cm · sheet: 9.1 × 7.9 cm
Classification
Portrait Miniature
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Accession Number
1997.80
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About this artwork
The sitter’s head and shoulders face left. He smiles slightly and has light blue eyes, with his powdered hair curled above the ear and tied en queue. He wears a green jacket edged in gold with gold buttons and dons a high white collar, a waistcoat, and a frilled cravat, each highlighted with white gouache. The nature of this work as a finished drawing rather than exclusively a preparatory sketch for a miniature on ivory is evident in the degree of finish of the sitter’s clothing, which is painte...