Portrait of a Gentleman, by Henry Inman, ca. 1825
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Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Inman (born Utica, NY 1801-died New York City 1846)

ca. 1825

Medium
watercolor on paper
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.6 x 6.3 cm) oval
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
Credit line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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About this work

The background of clouds in this miniature creates a dreamlike setting for this finely dressed, handsome young man.