Resumen de A Gainsborough Sitter Identified: John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire
The article suggests that the sitter in the c. 1784 painting "Portrait of a Man," by Thomas Gainsborough, can be identified as John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, England. The author offers biographical information on Buckinghamshire, including his role as a diplomat in Russia where he was given a tapestry showing Peter the Great. The author discusses Buckinghamshire's commission of portraits of him and his wife by Gainsborough, including a small, head-and-shoulders portrait in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Specific topics include a possible Irish provenance for the painting and Buckinghamshire's costume shown in the painting.
