# Portrait of a Gentleman

- By: Walter Robertson (Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1750-died Fatehpur, India 1801/02)
- Date: ca. 1796
- Medium: watercolor on ivory
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.5 x 5.1 cm) oval
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=21063)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/d40b613c47b29eef751c0389f65d83c2.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Walter Robertson’s meticulous brushwork matches the fastidious elegance of this dashing young man.