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Portrait of John Henderson, English actor, 1747-1785, c. 1780. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 9.4 × 7.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Portrait of John Henderson, English actor, 1747-1785
- Artist
- Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828)
- Date
- c. 1780
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 9.4 × 7.3 cm (3 11/16 × 2 7/8 in.); Framed: 11.3 × 8.1 cm (4 7/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Mary Louise Stevenson Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1755–1828
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.