Man in an Indian Landscape
Maker
Tilly Kettle
(British, 1735-1786)
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1773
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions50 × 39 1/2 in. (127 × 100.3 cm.)
58 3/4 × 50 × 2 1/4 in. (149.2 × 127 × 5.7 cm.)
DescriptionIn this portrait of a man, the sitter is standing three-quarter length in an open landscape. In the right distance is a pavilion surrounded by pillars, employed for Indian palaces of many British residents of India. The sitter is dressed in a bright blue suit with oversized brass buttons, a white neckcloth and French lace collar and cuffs.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewBibliography
Object number53.3
Unknown, American, 18th Century
ca. 1780
Object number: 2022.25.9.1
Unknown, American, 18th Century
ca. 1780
Object number: 2022.25.9.2
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Thomas Lawrence
ca.1809-1830
Object number: 17.29
