# Elijah Boardman

**Ralph Earl** (American, 1751–1801)  
1789  
Oil on canvas  
83 x 51 in. (210.8 x 129.5 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979.395. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10830).

## About this work

Ralph Earl painted this in 1789, aged 38. 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.

### [Ralph Earl](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/ralph-earl)

American, 1751–1801; born in Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Bolton, Connecticut

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- The artist was 38
- Real size: about 83 × 51 in (211 × 130 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 11 × 14 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/823.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/823/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

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/elijah-boardman-met-10830).