# Captain John Gell

**Gilbert Stuart** (American, 1755–1828)  
1785  
Oil on canvas  
94 1/2 x 58 1/2 in. (240 x 148.6 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.450. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/16781).

## About this work

Gilbert Stuart painted this in 1785, aged 30. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Gilbert Stuart](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gilbert-stuart)

American, 1755–1828; born in North Kingston, Rhode Island; died in Boston, Massachusetts

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- The artist was 30
- Real size: about 94 × 59 in (240 × 149 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 18 × 24 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 18th century
- Movement: [Romanticism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/romanticism)
- Subjects: Men, Portraits
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/867.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/867/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/captain-john-gell-met-16781).