1751
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Gowin Knight, M.B., F.R.S. is a 1751 ink by Benjamin Wilson, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man in old-fashioned clothes. He’s sitting in a chair, holding a piece of paper with one hand and resting his other arm on the chair’s back. His wig is big and curly, and he’s wearing a long coat with ruffled cuffs. The artist used a technique called drypoint to create the fine lines and texture in the etching. This method lets them scratch directly into the metal plate, making detailed marks. Look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists like Wilson made these sharp, layered prints.
Benjamin Wilson (21 June (O.S.) 1721 – 6 June 1788) was a British painter, printmaker and scientist (natural philosopher).
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