John Whetham of Kirklington
about 1779–1780
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 127 × 101.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-136437
A landowner and country gentleman, John Whetham of Kirklington poses beside a border collie in front of a rocky background. He wears a green coat, a yellow waistcoat, and a fur hat and sash and holds a hunting spear. This costume, unusual for an Englishman, is a loose adaptation of a Hungarian hussar's military dress. Worn by John Whetham for a ball in 1779, this type of masquerade dress was also fashionable for portraits at the time, both because it forwarded the social aspirations of the English aristocracy and because it was timeless, outlasting changing styles.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1779–1780 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
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