Sir John Floyd on Horseback
Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (18.8 x 15.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson, 2011
Accession Number
2011.564.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Sir John Floyd on Horseback a delicate watercolor portrait by British artist Richard Westall, between 1800 and 1814. This intimate drawing, measuring just 7⅜ × 6¼ inches, captures the baronet and military figure Sir John Floyd astride his mount, evoking the grandeur of equestrian portraiture popular among Britain's elite during the Napoleonic era.oused in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, was generously gifted in 2011. Westall, a master of Romantic watercolor techniques, employs translucent layers and fine brushwork to convey texture—from the horse's flo...