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Detailed Record

Title: 'An Israelite Indeed'

Object Name: painting

Artist/Maker: Etty, William
Role in production: artist
Place of Creation: Europe, United Kingdom, England
Date: 1847 (exhib)

Accession Number: 1947.99
Image Copyright: © Manchester City Galleries
Credit: George Beatson Blair bequest, 1941.

Physical Description

Medium / Material

oil paint/

Support

millboard

Technique

oil on millboard

Description

Half-length portrait of a Jewish man with a long dark beard and head scarf. The subject's face is brightly lit in contrast to his dark clothing and shadowy background.

Dimensions

Type: unframed
Height: 66.7 cm
Width: 50.3 cm
Depth:

Type: framed
Height: 99.4
Width: 79.1
Depth: 9.0