Painting: "Men in a Coffee House"
Date1760-1770
OriginEngland
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight size: H: 29 1/4"; W: 24"; Frame: 33 3/8" x 28 1/8".
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-1066
DescriptionIn the foreground on the left, a seated man wears a black hat, mulberry coat, green-blue waistcoat, black breeches, and white stockings. He holds a key in his proper right hand and rests his elbow on a mahogany table; a blue and white porcelain cup sits beside him on the tabletop. At right, a man in a white wig, black gown, and clerical bands leans on a settle overlooking a narrow wooden table that holds a newspaper. He looks out three windows hung with dark red curtains, a dark sky peering over them.ProvenanceBefore 1952, unknown; probably 1952-1954 (Michael Harvard, London, England); 1954-present, purchased by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
1660-1680
Probably 1841
ca. 1730
ca. 1745
