Solomon Polack 1757-1839
A Gentleman Wearing a Blue Coat, c. 1790
watercolour on ivory
height: 4.2 cm
(lower right) Polack
2022-19
The identity of the sitter is unknown but his clothing - blue coat, white waistcoat, lace cravat and tied stock, with powdered hair worn en queue and tied with a...
The identity of the sitter is unknown but his clothing - blue coat, white waistcoat, lace cravat and tied stock, with powdered hair worn en queue and tied with a black ribbon - identify him as a gentleman and it is likely that the work was a commissioned portrait.
Provenance
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