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| Self Portrait Giuseppe MacPherson, c. 1770 Crown Copyright The Royal Collection Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
This self portrait from the Royal Collection is the work of Giuseppe Macpherson (1726-c. 1780). The bust length portrait depicts the artist in profile to the right. He wears a green coat and holds a paintbrush in his right hand. This is obviously meant to capture the painting of his own portrait.
His attire and powdered wig are wholly late Eighteenth Century. MacPherson, a fashionable gent of the time, painted portraits of other similarly fashionable people in and around the Royal Court—mostly miniatures like this one.
A work of watercolor on ivory, the image is set into a gold frame which bears his name.
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