The image shows a man in a half-body portrait. He is seated, facing forward, with his torso and hands visible. His left arm rests on a surface. The man has angular features, light-colored eyes, brown hair styled to the side, and wears formal attire. He holds a book in his left hand. The background has a textured gradient with a pillar on the right and abstract greenery on the left.
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John Stone

Thomas Skynner (American, active 1840/1852)

c. 1845

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 77 x 61 cm (30 5/16 x 24 in.) ; framed: 89.5 x 73 x 5 cm (35 1/4 x 28 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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