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Portrait of a Gentleman
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Portrait of a Gentleman

Charles Fraser, born Charleston, SC 1782-died Charleston, SC 1860 · ca. 1820 · watercolor on ivory

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

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It is unclear who the young gentleman in this portrait is, but his formal dress and fashionably disheveled hair suggest that he was a member of Charleston’s moneyed class.

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Credit linePortrait of a Gentleman. ca. 1820. Charles Fraser, born Charleston, SC 1782-died Charleston, SC 1860. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer. CC0.

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