How you can use this image
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).
Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.
Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.
Buy a print or image licence
You can purchase this reproduction
If you have any products in your basket we recommend that you complete your purchase from Art UK before you leave our site to avoid losing your purchases.
Notes
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.
Born in Devon, Joseph Greenway made his fortune captaining Danish cargo ships and became a Danish citizen in 1786. On his return to Britain, his wealth enabled him to rise in English society. He was Sheriff of Exeter from 1802 to 1803 and Mayor of the city from 1804 to 1805. In this highly sympathetic portrait, painted in Denmark in the summer of 1788, the Danish painter Jens Juel presents Greenway as an English gentleman accompanied by his hunting dog. Greenway’s open expression and relaxed pose reveal a man at ease with himself and comfortable in his surroundings. The portrait is full of meticulous observation, both of Greenway and of the shaded woodland that surrounds him. His pose and the rural setting have echoes of Thomas Gainsborough’s John Plampin, also in the National Gallery’s collection.
Title
Joseph Greenway
Date
1788
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 79.8 x W 99.1 cm
Accession number
NG6341
Acquisition method
Presented according to the wish of Mrs Maud M. Greenway, 1963
Work type
Painting
