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Title
Richard Arkwright (1732–1792)
Date
1783–1785
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 126 x W 102 cm
Accession number
PRSMG : 2009.2
Acquisition method
purchased jointly by the Harris Museum & Art Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery, London with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund, The Trustees of the Harris Free Library, Museum and Art Gallery Trust, the Friends of the Harris Museum amd Art Gallery, the Portrait Fund, PRISM, the Headley Trust, the Bowland Charitable Trust, the Halecat charitable Trust, Nicholas & Judith Godison through the Art Fund, Hutton Historical Society, Soroptimist International of Preston, pupils of Fulwood High School and over 130 individual donations, 2008
Work type
Painting