Art, literature & history
A Military Officer
1756
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 77.5 x 63.6 cm (30 1/2 x 25 1/16 in.) framed: 93.7 x 79.7 x 6 cm (36 7/8 x 31 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1947.17.25
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Joseph Blackburn. A Military Officer. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A Military Officer — Joseph Blackburn. 1756.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 77.5 x 63.6 cm (30 1/2 x 25 1/16 in.) framed: 93.7 x 79.7 x 6 cm (36 7/8 x 31 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1947.17.25. Andrew W. Mellon Collection.
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.