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DiaporamaPortrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family
1770
135.0 x 91.0 cm
Hugh William Williams (1773 – 1829)
Discover Hugh William Williams: a Scottish landscape painter known as "Grecian Williams." Explore his evocative watercolors of Greece & Italy, capturing ruins & history.
William Williams was born in England, the son of a mariner. He lived through shipwreck and adventure in the Caribbean before arriving in Philadelphia at the age of twenty, by which time he was already earning a livelihood as a painter. He returned to England in 1776, and died there fifteen years later in an almshouse. Tradition holds that the solemn young man represented in this portrait is a member of the Crossfield family. He holds the equipment for the game of battledore and shuttlecock, a decorous eighteenth-century version of badminton. In this picture, one of Williams"s best, the rendering of the rocks, the verdure, and the distant view reminds us that the artist was also a painter of theatrical scenery.
About this artwork
- Title: Portrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family
- Artist: Hugh William Williams
- Year: 1770
- Original dimensions: 135.0 x 91.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color palette: Earthy
- Main color: Quinacridone Magenta
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