John Stevens (?)
John Wollaston
c. 1749-1752
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 76.5 x 63.6 cm (30 1/8 x 25 1/16 in.) framed: 90.2 x 76.2 x 7.9 cm (35 1/2 x 30 x 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Accession Number
1947.17.103
About the Artist
John Wollaston · 1700–1800
John Wollaston (active c. 1710–1775) was an English portrait painter who brought sophisticated Rococo styles from London to the British North American colonies, becoming one of the most prolific artists in the region during the mid-18th century. Little is known of his early life beyond his likely birth in London as the son of a painter—possibly named John Wollaston or John Woolston, according to H...