Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Smibert, 1688–1751, British, active in America (from 1728)
Title:
Sir John Rushout, Bt.
Date:
1726
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (99.7 x 73 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black paint, lower left: "John Smibert [date?]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.577
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
collar | turban | crest | books | portrait | gesture | coat | politician | man | reading
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 204-205, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Richard Henry Saunders, John Smibert : Colonial America's First Portrait Painter, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1995, pp. 54, 146-147, no. 24, NJ18 Sm4 A12 S28 1995 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1057