- Title:
Major General Sir Barry Close
- Date:
- 1794
- Medium:
- Gouache and watercolor on ivory
- Dimensions:
- Image: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches (7.9 x 6.4 cm) and Frame: 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1/2 inches (8.9 x 6.7 x 1.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in gray waterrcolor lower left: "J. S. | 1794"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1974.2.96
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- portrait
- Associated People:
- Close, Sir Barry, baronet (1756–1813), army officer in the East India Company and political officer in India
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11647
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Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05)
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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