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Portrait of a Gentleman
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About this work
Although we do not know who this man was, his elegantly knotted tie and the miniature he wears at his throat suggest he was a man of some means, perhaps a successful merchant like Howes Goldsborough, also painted by James Peale around this time <b>[see 1948.5.1]</b>.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortrait of a Gentleman. 1800. James Peale, born Chestertown, MD 1749-died Philadelphia, PA 1831. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer. CC0.
