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David Livingston
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About this work
One possible candidate for this portrait was David Livingston of Washington, New York, who was born around 1775. This portrait shows him in his mid-twenties, with the ruffled hair and costume typical of the romantic revival that took place at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDavid Livingston. ca. 1800. Joseph Wood, born Clarkstown, NY 1778-died Washington, DC 1830. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer. CC0.