The painting depicts a person from the waist up with a fair complexion, sideburns, dark combed-up hair, and a neutral facial expression. The individual's left hand is resting on the front of a brightly adorned military jacket. The jacket features red and gold decorations, gold shoulder epaulettes, a high collar, gold buttons, a white cravat, a decorative sash across the chest and waist, a sheathed sword attached to the waist, and an intricate gold belt. The background is a plain, muted gray.
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John Harrisson

painter Frederick W. Mayhew (American, 1785 - 1854)

c. 1823

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 76 x 63.4 cm (29 15/16 x 24 15/16 in.) ; framed: 99.7 x 87.2 x 6.4 cm (39 1/4 x 34 5/16 x 2 1/2 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
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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