# Duke of Sussex

**Sir William Beechey** (English, born Burford, England 1753-died London, England 1839)  
n.d.  
oil on canvas  
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1956.11.10. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=1729).

## About this work

Sir William Beechey painted this (n.d.). It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### 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.

### [Sir William Beechey](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/sir-william-beechey)

English, born Burford, England 1753-died London, England 1839

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Real size: about 30 × 25 in (76 × 64 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 12 × 16 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Subjects: Occupations, Men, Portraits, Aristocracy (Social class)
- Colour: black
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1908.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1908/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 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/duke-of-sussex-si-saam-1956-11-10).