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Portrait of a Gentleman
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About this work
This miniature shows the sitter next to a bookcase full of leatherbound volumes, likely suggesting his standing in the community as a man of letters or commerce.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortrait of a Gentleman. ca. 1840. Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, born Charleston, SC 1797-died Charleston, SC 1877. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau. CC0.
