Art, literature & history
Portrait of a Gentleman
1704
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- graphite on parchment (plumbago)
- Dimensions
- sheet (oval): 11.9 × 8.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/2 in.) mount: 15.9 × 12.5 cm (6 1/4 × 4 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2018.175.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Thomas Forster. Portrait of a Gentleman. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Portrait of a Gentleman — Thomas Forster. 1704.
Medium: graphite on parchment (plumbago).
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (oval): 11.9 × 8.9 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/2 in.) mount: 15.9 × 12.5 cm (6 1/4 × 4 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2018.175.3. William B. O'Neal Fund.
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.