Art, literature & history
Dr. William Foster
1755
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 90.8 x 71.4 cm (35 3/4 x 28 1/8 in.) framed: 104.5 x 84.5 x 5.4 cm (41 1/8 x 33 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1957.11.4
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Joseph Badger. Dr. William Foster. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Dr. William Foster — Joseph Badger. 1755.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 90.8 x 71.4 cm (35 3/4 x 28 1/8 in.) framed: 104.5 x 84.5 x 5.4 cm (41 1/8 x 33 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1957.11.4. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
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.