On View In: Gallery 327 Artist:   Allan Ramsay   Title:   Portrait of a Gentleman   Date:   1745   Medium:   Oil on canvas   Dimensions:   50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm) (canvas)   Credit Line:   Gift of Mrs. Eugene J. Carpenter and Olivia Carpenter Coan in memory of Mr. Eugene J. Carpenter   Location:   Gallery 327   Artist/Creator(s)      Name:   Ramsay, Allan   Nationality:   British   Life Dates:   British, 1713 - 1784     Object Description      Inscriptions:   Signature and Date LR: [A Ramsay 1745]   Classification:   Paintings   Physical Description:   Portrait. Man dressed in red breeches and a blue velvet coat trimmed with gold braid and lined with crimson, is leaning with his left elbow on a column; dark blue tricorne in left hand; right hand on hip. He wears a white waistcoat and a white stock; frills at wrists. His slightly powdered hair is worn in a small peruke. Simple gold frame.   Creation Place:   Europe, England, , ,   Accession #:   31.107   Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts