Self Portrait

ca. 1800

William Beechey English, 1753-1839

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British, Level 3, South Wing

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About the Artwork

Title Self Portrait

Artwork Date ca. 1800

Artist William Beechey

Life Dates 1753-1839

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. English

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm) Framed: 36 7/8 × 31 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (93.7 × 80.6 × 4.4 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Dr. Hugo A. and Hortense G. Freund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 53.369

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Provenance

probably the artist's son, William Nelson Beechey;
by descent to his daughter, Miss Nelson Beechey;
by inheritance to Beechey's great-great grand daughter;
1901, sold by (Agnew's, London, England) lot 9;
purchased by Lord Leverhulme (London, England and USA by 1926);
March 2-4, 1926, sold by (Anderson Galleries, New York, USA) lot 15;
purchased by Dr. Freund;
Dr. Hugo A. and Hortense G. Freund (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Exh. cat., Royal Academy. London, 1790, no. 420.

Bulletin of the DIA: Annual Report 33, no. 2 (1953-53): p. 52.

Walker, R. Regency Portraits. 1985, vol. 1, p. 37.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

William Beechey, Self Portrait, ca. 1800, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Hugo A. and Hortense G. Freund, 53.369.

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