William Axtell
John Wollaston
ca. 1749–52
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Clarence Dillon, 1976
Accession Number
1976.23.1
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
John Wollaston · 1700–1800
John Wollaston (active c. 1710–1775) was an English portrait painter who brought sophisticated Rococo styles from London to the British North American colonies, becoming one of the most prolific artists in the region during the mid-18th century. Little is known of his early life beyond his likely birth in London as the son of a painter—possibly named John Wollaston or John Woolston, according to H...