# Portrait of a Gentleman from a Connecticut Family

- By: Unidentified
- Date: n.d.
- Medium: watercolor on ivory
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: image (oval): 2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.5 x 6 cm)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=38394)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/cb31310ecd83277fbe605dd47fc16a62.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In this miniature, the gentleman’s off-hand glance, raised eyebrow, and suggestive grin hint at a self-assured personality. His powdered white hairstyle, typical of British aristocrats in the late eighteenth century, suggests his efforts to present himself as a man of fashion and status.