Portrait of Sir Brooke Boothby
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| Portrait of Sir Brooke Boothby | |
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| Artist | Joseph Wright of Derby |
| Year | 1781 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 148.6 cm × 207.6 cm (58.5 in × 81.7 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
Portrait of Sir Brooke Boothby is 1781 portrait painting by the British artist Joseph Wright of Derby. It depicts the English landowner Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet.[1][2] It is unusual in portraiture of the era in being set outdoors and with Boothby shown laying vertically. He is depicted in a wooded glade and holding a book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Swiss writer he was a huge admirer of.[3]
It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1781 at Somerset House. Today the painting is in the collection of Tate Britain in Pimlico having been acquired in 1925.[4]
