Portrait of a Man (c. 1800): Art, History and Details

Portrait of a Man (c. 1800) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is William Beechey (British, 1753–1839).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The subject’s elongated, slightly softened facial features and vaguely detached air are typical of William Beechey’s elegant portraits of male subjects. The jacket worn by the sitter is probably a naval uniform. Beechey enjoyed a very successful painting career in London. In 1793 he was appointed portrait painter to Queen Charlotte and was knighted in 1798.

Object facts

• Title: Portrait of a Man
• Date: c. 1800
• Creator attribution: William Beechey (British, 1753–1839)
• Culture: England, early 19th Century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: Unframed: 75.2 x 63 cm (29 5/8 x 24 13/16 in.)
• Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
• Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1978.75

Collection credit

Anonymous Gift

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.

View the collection record

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