Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1695-1705
Portrait of Sir Jacob Acworth as a Boy
Sir Jacob Acworth, an eighteenth-century shipwright, surveyor and commissioner of the Navy, submitted a design for Putney Bridge in 1728 which was selected but probably later adapted.
In this portrait Acworth is portrayed as a young boy: carrying a bow in his right hand, he stands in the middle of a leafy landscape. Although the family records and the subject of the painting indicate a date of c.1700, stylistically the painting would be more likely to have been produced during the 1720s.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 81.632
- Object name:
- Portrait of Sir Jacob Acworth as a Boy
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- British School, 18th century, British School
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- Production date:
- 1695-1705
- Material:
oil, canvas, wood
- Measurements/duration:
- H 740 mm, W 610 mm (unframed), H 950 mm, W 810 mm, D 60 mm (framed)
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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