Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford
Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford is a drawing in brush and brown wash over graphite by Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio (French, Monaco 1764–1827 Paris). It is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, in the Drawings and Prints collection, accession 49.19.107. It entered that collection as The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949. It measures 6 5/8 x 4 1/2in. (16.8 x 11.4cm).
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• Accession number: 49.19.107 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Maker: Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Maker's dates: French, Monaco 1764–1827 Paris (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Acquired: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Made: n.d. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Collection: Drawings and Prints (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 4 1/2in. (16.8 x 11.4cm) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Medium: Brush and brown wash over graphite (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Object: Drawing (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Held by: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)) • Title: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107))
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access collection record: Portrait of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford (accession 49.19.107)
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