Portrait of a Man

Artist Henry Wyatt British, 1794–1840

Date1827

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Frame: 36 1/4 x 31 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (92.1 x 79.4 x 9.5 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Philip Hanes, Jr.

Object numberG.67.47.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated London, 1827. [Arthur J. Sulley and Co., London, by 1929]; [M. Knoedler & Co., New York, no. A787, June 19, 1929] [1]; Ralph Philip Hanes, Sr. (1898–1973) and DeWitt Thurmond Chatham Hanes (1899–1990), Winston-Salem, NC, April 24, 1930; Ralph Philip Hanes, Jr. (1926–2011) and Joan Humpstone Hanes (1928–1983), Winston-Salem, NC; given to NCMA, 1967.

[1] Purchase date from Sulley and sale date to Hanes noted in Knoedler Stock Book 8, Page 88, Row 27, Stock No. A787.Published ReferencesBritish Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), no. 114, illus. (b-w).

The Art Quarterly 31, no. 3 (Autumn 1969), 314, illus. 324.

Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1970) 94, illus. (b-w) 95.

The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1973), cat. no. 25, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Exhibition Number One from the Permanent Collection,” October 1970, 94, illus. (b-w) 95.

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 16-December 30, 1973, cat. no. 25, illus. (b-w).

“British Portraits to 1900,” North Carolina Museum of Art traveling exhibition, cat. p. 51, illus. 52.
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