Drawing, William Hoare, between 1707 and 1792

Portrait of an unknown man of letters; almost whole-length, seated beside table, body slightly to right, eyes to front, holding paper in his left hand, his right hand resting on knee, wearing powdered full-bottomed wig and dark coat and breeches, in background, a standish and bookshelf, an open window with view of gothic building black chalk, with red chalk, heightened with white, on grey-green paper. Date: between 1707 and 1792. Dimensions: Height: 361 mm; ; Width: 296 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Drawing (BM 1894,0417.1)