A Gentleman Wearing a Blue Coat

Image credit: Ben Uri Collection

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The identity of the sitter is unknown but his clothing – blue coat, white waistcoat, lace cravat and tied stock, with powdered hair worn en queue and tied with a black ribbon – identify him as a gentleman and it is likely that the work was a commissioned portrait.

Ben Uri Gallery & Museum

London

Title

A Gentleman Wearing a Blue Coat

Date

c.1779–1839

Medium

watercolour on ivory

Measurements

H 4.2 x W (?) cm

Accession number

2022-19

Acquisition method

presented to the Ben Uri Collection

Work type

Watercolour

Signature/marks description

Signed (lower right) Polack

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