The head and shoulders of a man with light skin and gray hair nearly fills this vertical portrait painting. Shown against a peanut-brown background, the man’s shoulders are angled to our left, and he looks off to our right with blue eyes. His gray hair curls around his forehead and over his ears. His bushy gray eyebrows gather over a furrowed brow, and sideburns grow down past his earlobes. His long, straight, slightly hooked nose and high cheekbones are set into his long, oval-shaped face. His pink lips are closed over a rounded chin, which is framed by vertical wrinkles. The white edge of…
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Andrew Jackson

Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783 - 1872)

1845

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 51.8 x 43.8 cm (20 3/8 x 17 1/4 in.) ; framed: 74.9 x 66.7 cm (29 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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