Portrait of a Gentleman

John Jackson · c. 1810

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Ink
56% of the image
Black · text contrast 17.0:1

Graphite
19% of the image
Black · text contrast 11.7:1

Slate
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.1:1

Pearl grey
7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.1:1

Pewter
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1

Ash
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.4:1

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Artist: John Jackson
Date: c. 1810
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 71 × 60 cm (27 15/16 × 23 5/8 in.); Framed: 92.1 × 80.7 × 7.7 cm (36 1/4 × 31 3/4 × 3 in.)
Place: England
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Black · lightness 24, colourfulness 0

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. G P A Healy. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Portrait of a Gentleman

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