| Portrait of Richard Heber | |
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| Artist | John Singleton Copley |
| Year | 1782 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 165.7 cm× 130 cm(65.2 in× 51 in) |
| Location | Yale Centre for British Art, Connecticut |
Portrait of Richard Heber is a 1782 portrait painting by the Anglo-American artist John Singleton Copley. [1] It depicts Richard Heber at the age of eight, holding a cricket bat. The picture was commissioned by his father the Reverend Reginald Heber. [2]
Heber grew up to be a Member of Parliament and a noted book collector. The Boston-born Copley has arrived in Britain in 1774 and settled there for the remainder of his career. Like his contemporary Benjamin West's The Cricketers (1763), it features a depiction of the game of cricket, growing in popularity amongst the British elite. [3]
Today the painting is in the Yale Centre for British Art as part of the Paul Mellon Collection. [4]
