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Portrait of a Gentleman
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Portrait of a Gentleman

Peregrine F. Cooper, active 1840-1890 · 1846 · watercolor on ivory

From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

On the back of this miniature is inscribed: “P.F. Cooper Artist, No. 140 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, May 4th 1846.” This was probably the artist’s address at the time of the painting. Nothing is yet known about the distinguished gentleman in the portrait.

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Credit linePortrait of a Gentleman. 1846. Peregrine F. Cooper, active 1840-1890. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund. CC0.

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