The image depicts the upper half of a man seated in a chair. He is posed slightly to the side, with his body angled to the right and his head turned towards the viewer. The man has a fair complexion, dark eyes, and short, dark, curly hair. He is wearing a reddish-brown coat with gold buttons, a white waistcoat, and a neatly tied white cravat. In his right hand, he holds a piece of paper with writing, while his left hand rests on his lap near a chain with small ornaments. The background shows a deep green drapery on one side and a plain, light beige wall on the other.
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Thomas Corcoran

painter Charles Peale Polk (American, 1767 - 1822)

c. 1802/1810

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 92.71 × 75.09 cm (36 1/2 × 29 9/16 in.) ; framed: 110.49 × 85.09 × 8.57 cm (43 1/2 × 33 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Katherine Wood Dunlap, 1947)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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