- Title:
General Thomas Gage
- Date:
- ca. 1768
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas mounted on masonite
- Dimensions:
- 50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in yellow paint, lower right: "GENERAL THE HONBLE THOS GAGE | OBT"
Dated in yellow paint, lower right: "1788"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.45
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1977.14.45FR
- Subject Terms:
- costume | curtain | flags | general | gesture | landscape | man | mountain | portrait | soldiers | uniform
- Associated People:
- Gage, Thomas (1719/20–1787), army officer and colonial governor
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:400
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