Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit

Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit (formerly known as Portrait of an African) is an 18th-century oil painting of a black man held by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and donated by Percy Moore Turner in 1943. The artist and sitter are unknown.^[1]

Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit
Portrait of an African
Artist	Unknown
Medium	oil paint, canvas
Dimensions	61.8 cm (24.3 in) × 51.5 cm (20.3 in)
Location	Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon
Owner	Percy Moore Turner
Accession No.	14/1943
Identifiers	Art UK artwork ID: portrait-of-a-man-in-a-red-suit-95600

The earliest provenance is a sale by Christie's in 1931.^[1] From 2006 until June 2023, it was attributed to Allan Ramsay, created c. 1757–1760 and believed to be of a young Ignatius Sancho.^[2][3][4] Before that, it was proposed in the 1960s to have depicted Olaudah Equiano and to have been painted by Joshua Reynolds c. 1780 with the title Portrait of a Negro Man.^[5][6] The painting featured as part of the "Art Everywhere" initiative in the UK in August 2013.^[7]