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Portrait of a Gentleman
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About this work
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.
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Credit linePortrait of a Gentleman. 1836-1844. Alvan Clark, born Ashfield, MA 1804-died Cambridge, MA 1887. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund. CC0.
