Portrait of Lieutenant General Daniel Burr
1799
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1799
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a small, crisp portrait of a British officer in a red coat with gold trim. His face is calm, his wig powdered white. Smart painted this while the officer was home on leave from India. The East India Company paid for it—25 guineas, a huge sum then. That tells you how much rank mattered. Look up more portraits from england, 18th century.
