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William Brent (1733-1782)
Artist: John Wollaston
Date: ca. 1755-1756
William Brent lived at Richland Plantation and came from a prominent Catholic family of Maryland and Virginia. He married Eleanor Carroll of Maryland in ca. 1753.
Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 25 in. (74.93 x 63.5 cm.)
The subject wears a gray coat and white waistcoat with silver trim. A ribbon flies behind his neck. A hat is tucked under his left arm. He appears inside a painted oval frame and is turned three-quarters to his left.
Family: Brent
Location: Richland Plantation
Decade: 1750s
Attributes: manwhite waistcoatqueue ribbongray jacketthree-quarterpainted oval framehattrimmed jacket
Credits: Courtesy Georgetown University Art Collection.