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A half-length portrait to right, looking forward to meet the gaze of the viewer. The sitter wears a brown jacket with a velvet collar against a plain background. His left arm rests on the back of the couch or chair in which he is sitting while his right hand, holding a porte-crayon, is partly tucked into his jacket. Stanfield had an early career as a seaman before becoming a celebrated painter of theatrical scenery and moving dioramas, and subsequently the leading marine artist of his time after Turner. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1820 and this portrait was commissioned by his early patron, George Watson Taylor, MP. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1829, the year of Stanfield's Presidency of the Society of British Artists, and may have been intended to commemorate this.
Title
Clarkson Stanfield (1793–1867)
Date
1829
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76 x W 63.5 cm
Accession number
BHC2339
Work type
Painting