Portrait of a Gentleman Dressed in Furs

Thomas Worlidge

1760 · Graphite on vellum · Drawings and Prints

A portraitist and etcher known for working in the style of Rembrandt, Worlidge was also a skilled draftsman. This subject appears "in character," wearing 17th-century costume and adopting a genial expression and informal pose that a possible friendship with the artist. Small portraits made by delicately applying graphite to vellum were a type perfected in Holland that later became popular in England after William III (William of Orange), assumed the British throne in 1688.

Artist

Thomas Worlidge

Date

1760

Medium

Graphite on vellum

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014