# Portrait of a Gentleman

- By: Henry Inman (born Utica, NY 1801-died New York City 1846)
- Date: ca. 1825
- Medium: watercolor on paper
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.6 x 6.3 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=11089)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/525085216ae025bae813dc760415706f.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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