Art, literature & history
The Red Cross Knight
1793
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 213.5 x 273 cm (84 1/16 x 107 1/2 in.) framed: 345.4 x 285.4 x 11.4 cm (136 x 112 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1942.4.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
John Singleton Copley. The Red Cross Knight. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Red Cross Knight — John Singleton Copley. 1793.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 213.5 x 273 cm (84 1/16 x 107 1/2 in.) framed: 345.4 x 285.4 x 11.4 cm (136 x 112 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1942.4.2. Gift of Mrs. Gordon Dexter.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.