Thomas Day

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Dramatic three-quarter length frontal portrait of philanthropist Thomas Day, standing beside a heavy architectural pillar to the left on which he rests his right arm. A book held open in his left hand rests by his side, there is a silk swathe about his arms and middle. There is a landscape in the background to the right with a dark, clouded sky.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Thomas Day

Date

1770

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 127 x W 100.4 cm

Accession number

1975.194

Acquisition method

purchased from the estate of Algernon Henry Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper, 1975

Work type

Painting

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