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Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859)

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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A three-quarter, right side, portrait of an elderly man seated on a hard chair to the left of the picture, dressed in a black jacket with a white waistcoat and black necktie. The sitter leans slightly forward, his left hand resting on his left leg, his right arm resting across his right leg, looking off to the right of the picture. There is a plain background.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859)

Date

1903

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 102.7 x W 86.5 cm

Accession number

1904.3

Acquisition method

purchased from the artist, 1904

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed brc, artist's initials monogram date: J A / 1903

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