Captain Thomas Read (1762-1837)
Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1790
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
772 x 632 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771266
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Captain Thomas Read (1762-1837) by Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), circa 1790. A half-length portrait, of a young man half turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, his right arm resting on a book. He is wearing white lace trimmed jacket beneath a white cloak. He has long brown curly hair
Provenance
Claude Roetch bequest
Makers and roles
Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), artist