FINE ART : PAINTINGS

Title: Portrait of a Boy (c. 1740)
Object Name: Painting
Maker: Highmore, Joseph 1692-1780 (attributed to) (Primary maker)
Highmore, Joseph 1692-1780 (artist)
Date Made: 1740 (circa)
1740
c. 1740
1740 (circa)
Description: Portrait of a aristrocatic boy with long, curlec, brown hair. He wears a red jacket with golden buttons, a blue waistcoat with gold decorative embroidery and a high collared white under shirt.
Materials: oil on canvas
Catalogue Number: BELUM.U50
Copyright: National Museums NI

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