Portrait of a Gentleman
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Object Details
- Artist
- Alvan Clark, born Ashfield, MA 1804-died Cambridge, MA 1887
- Sitter
- unidentified
- Luce Center Label
- This unknown gentleman is wearing a wide-collared frock coat and white satin cravat. In 1837, the Gentleman’s Magazine of Fashion described a white cravat as “almost indispensable in full dress” and it was sometimes tied to cover the entire shirtfront.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- 1836-1844
- Object number
- 1954.6.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting-Miniature
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory in a sterling silver frame
- Dimensions
- image: 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.7 x 6.1 cm) oval
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Portrait male\bust
- Record ID
- saam_1954.6.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73273de17-c68b-42b4-a018-7b288f6bb6d8
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