Portrait of Richard Arkwright (Brown)
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| Artist | Mather Brown |
| Year | 1790 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 127.9 cm × 102.5 cm (50.4 in × 40.4 in) |
| Location | New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
Portrait of Richard Arkwright is a 1790 portrait painting by the Anglo-American artist Mather Brown. It depicts the English businessmen Richard Arkwright, a major figure in the Industrial Revolution. [1] Arkwright commissioned the painting for his London residence in Adam Street.[2]
Brown settled in London and during his early career enjoyed great success with fashionable portraiture and history paintings for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery. [3] The painting is now in the Museum of American Art in New Britain, Connecticut. [4]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Portrait of Richard Arkwright, a contemporary painting by Joseph Wright of Derby
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Evans p.92-93
- ^ Fitton p. 200
- ^ https://ink.nbmaa.org/people/198/mather-brown
- ^ https://ink.nbmaa.org/objects/536/sir-richard-arkwright
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Evans, Dorinda. Mather Brown, Early American Artist in England. Wesleyan University Press, 1982.
- Fitton, R.S. The Arkwrights: Spinners of Fortune. Manchester University Press, 1989.
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