A New Pastel Portrait for Cleveland | by Cleveland Museum of Art | CMA Thinker | Mar, 2023

A New Pastel Portrait for Cleveland | by Cleveland Museum of Art | CMA Thinker | Mar, 2023

By Emily J. Peters, Curator of Prints and Drawings

Figure 1. George Clavering Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper, 1785. Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Irish, 1729–1808). Pastel on paper stretched onto linen 94 x 68.6 cm. Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2022.136
Determine 2. Element of Cowper’s searching pet
Figure 3. Detail of the wonderful mixing on Cowper’s face
Determine 4. Detail in raking mild exhibiting the edges of the smaller piece of paper containing Cowper’s encounter that was adhered to the larger sheet