Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Opie, 1761–1807, British
Title:
Colonel Donald MacLeod of St. Kilda
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/8 x 48 1/4 inches (127.3 x 122.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, center: “Thos. Agnew & Sons. | Fine Art Publishers To His Majesty. | Manchester. No 2455 Liverpool. | 14, Exchange Street. [logo] Exchange Art Gallery, | Dale Street. | London, | Old Bond Street Galleries, | Piccadilly.”; upper center, handwritten: “[...]pie R.A. | Col: Donald MacLeod | of St. Kilda”; upper center: “[handwritten] 2411 | [typed M 2899”
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.7.64
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
military art | smoke | costume | portrait | man | soldier | uniform | officer (military officer) | colonel
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05)

The Martial Face - The Military Portrait in Britain 1760-1900 (Bell Art Gallery, 1991-01-26 - 1991-03-03)
Publications:
Christie's Sale Catalogue : Catalogue of Ancient & Modern Pictures... : 27 February 1909, Christie's, London, February 27, 1909, p. 7, Lot 27, Fiche B51 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 174-175, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

David Winton Bell Gallery (Brown University), The Martial Face : The Military Portrait in Britain, 1760-1900, An exhibition by the Department of Art, Brown University, January 26-March 3, 1991 [held at] David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. , Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1991, p. 94, no. 12, ND1314 M27 1991 (YCBA)

Ada Earland, John Opie and his Circle, Hutchinson & co., London, 1911, p. 292, NJ18 Op6 E3 (YCBA)

Morna O'Neill, Company Culture:, British Artists and the East India Company 1770-1830: October 16, 2003-January 11, 2004 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2003, no. 2, V 1199 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:298