# Portrait of a Boy

- By: Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
- Date: 1870–75
- Medium: Brush and oil paint on canvas
- Classification: Figures (representations)
- Dimensions: 26.3 × 21.2 cm (10 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
- Culture: USA
- Credit line: Gift of Louis P. Church
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/22929)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/a608a6b2045123e4c4b077922cefb6b7.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Figure sketch showing an oblique view of a standing boy in winter clothing, possibly the artist's son. The boy stands at center against a deep green background, wearing shoes, brown pants, mittens, a jacket, and a fur hat. He gazes out of frame to the left.