This painting shows a man in a naval officer's uniform standing, facing us. He has light skin, thin blond hair, a long nose, deep-set eyes, and thin lips in a slight smile. He wears a black jacket with a wide collar and lines of gold decoration, gold buttons, and gold caps on the shoulders. Under the jacket he wears a high-necked white shirt or cravat and long white trousers. On the left, he holds a rolled-up white document on a table covered in red fabric. On the right, he holds what looks like a long, curved sword by his side, the scabbard black with gold detailing. The walls on the right…
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Captain Charles Stewart

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

1811-1812

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 237 x 149.2 cm (93 5/16 x 58 3/4 in.) ; framed: 266.4 x 178.4 x 11.4 cm (104 7/8 x 70 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Maude Monell Vetlesen
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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