National Gallery of Victoria
Visit
Tickets
Plan Your Visit
Access
Booked Tours
Dining
Venue hire
What’s On
Exhibitions
Events
Tours
Art & Design
Collection
Channel
Conservation
Research & Archives
Publications
Learn
Kids
Teens
Teachers & Students
Adults
Support & Join
Donate
Membership
Partnerships
NGVWA
Shop
Search
Menu
Search
Collection Online
Search
Browse by artist name
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
Thomas FORSTER
Portrait of a gentleman
1706
Medium
miniature: plumbago, graphite on vellum
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1931
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
miniature: plumbago, graphite on vellum
Measurements
11.5 × 8.0 cm (oval) 15.5 × 12.0 cm (overall)
Inscription
inscribed in graphite
l.r.:
T. Forster 1706
Accession Number
4559-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1931
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
cravats
men (male humans)
miniatures (paintings)
oval (shape)
portrait heads
single-sitter portraits
three-quarter views
wigs
Explore the collection
Girl with goats
Grace CROWLEY
Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera)
Francesco GUARDI
Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
Jacopo AMIGONI
Lady in grey
John LONGSTAFF
Untitled
Phil MAY
Ulysses and the Sirens
John William WATERHOUSE
Merry go round
Konrad SRZEDNICKI
Rembrandt
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn; REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn (studio of)
Self-portrait
Joseph WRIGHT of Derby
The Banquet of Cleopatra
Giambattista TIEPOLO
Flour lumper, Dimboola
Sidney NOLAN
October
Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE
Lady Seated
Francis DODD
Anguish
August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK
Caricature of an abbe and other figures Study of an architectural detail
UNKNOWN
Plunderers
Phil MAY
Untitled
Adriaen van OSTADE
(Mother and child)
E. Phillips FOX
10 Rillington Place
Brett WHITELEY
The Crossing of the Red Sea
Nicolas POUSSIN
Hero and Leander
Nicolas RÉGNIER
Standing nude in profile
Charles DESPIAU
Footballer
Sidney NOLAN
Clock garniture
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator)
The skittle players
David TENIERS II
The River Nile, Van Diemen's Land, from Mr Glover's farm
John GLOVER
Man seated in overcoat
Charles KEENE
The grasshopper
Jules LEFEBVRE
Seated man
Chavel MORNDO
Two old men disputing
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Visit
Tickets
Plan Your Visit
Access
Booked Tours
Dining
Venue hire
What’s On
Exhibitions
Events
Tours
Art & Design
Collection
Channel
Conservation
Research & Archives
Publications
Learn
Kids
Teens
Teachers & Students
Adults
Support & Join
Donate
Membership
Partnerships
NGVWA
Shop
Follow the NGV
Instagram
Facebook
LinkedIn
Youtube
Twitter
Threads
Spotify
Weibo
We Chat
Redbook - xiaohongshu