This painting is a portrait of a man shown from the mid-torso up. His head is turned slightly to the right, looking away from us. The man has pale skin, ruddy cheeks, thick gray eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and thin lips. He has short, gray swept back in slight curls. He wears a vibrant red vest under a dark blue jacket, a white shirt underneath with a high collar, and a loosely tied black necktie. The background is dark and muted, with hints of dark green foliage and brown tree trunks, with hints of red and yellow ochre.

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Richard Mentor Johnson

painter John Neagle (American, 1796 - 1865)

1843

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 75.9 × 63 cm (29 7/8 × 24 13/16 in.) ; framed: 101.6 × 88.3 × 9.5 cm (40 × 34 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line: Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Mrs. Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, 1902)
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions nudity. How works are placed

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