Portrait of the Artist

John Jackson, c. 1820–30

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Portrait of the Artist, c. 1820–30. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 76.3 × 63 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Portrait of the Artist
Artist: John Jackson (English, 1778-1831)
Date: c. 1820–30
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76.3 × 63 cm (30 × 23 3/4 in.); Framed: 97.2 × 83.9 × 8.9 cm (38 1/4 × 33 × 3 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. G.P.A. Healy
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1778–1831

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.