A pale-skinned man wearing a white waistcoat, navy-blue coat with tails, knee-length britches, and white stockings stands in front of a deep landscape in this vertical portrait painting. The man nearly fills the right half of the composition. He stands with one ankle crossed in front of the other and his body angled to our left. He looks out at us with brown eyes under wide, dark gray brows. He has a round face with a wide jaw, a straight nose, and his thin, pale pink lips are closed. His gray hair is brushed back from his forehead and sweeps down over his ears. A white cravat is tied in a…
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Daniel Boardman

painter Ralph Earl (American, 1751 - 1801)

1789

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 207.4 x 140.4 cm (81 5/8 x 55 1/4 in.) ; framed: 228 x 160 x 10.2 cm (89 3/4 x 63 x 4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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