Portrait of Jean-Joseph Merlin (1735-1803) from Belgium; mechanical engineer, inventor of the roller-skate and designer and maker of various musical instruments, clocks and other mechanical constructions, Thomas Gainsborough, 1781
Object Type: painting. Date: 1781. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Kenwood House. Jean Joseph Merlin (1735-1803) Painting by Thomas Gainsborough