John Jones of Frankley (Q18592357)

Label from: English (en) Danish (da)

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genre: portrait (Q134307)
artist: Gilbert Stuart (Q41402)
collection: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
country of origin: United States of America (Q30)
owned by: Hirschl & Adler Galleries (Q18545007) Richard L. Feigen & Co. (Q18592375) Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
location of final assembly: England (Q21)
depicts: military officer (Q189290) English people (Q42406) white people (Q235155) man (Q8441) jacket (Q849964) button (Q160464) white hair (Q6933946)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/john-jones-of-frankley/

information from the Birmingham Museum of Art catalog

description: Born in Rhode Island, Gilbert Stuart became the leading American portraitist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. In 1775, with the Revolutionary War severely affecting his business, Stuart left for England, where he eventually became the principal assistant to Benjamin West, the Pennsylvania-born court history painter to King George III. Stuart garnered critical attention

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