Portrait of a Gentleman, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of a Gentleman

This unknown gentleman is wearing a wide-collared frock coat and white satin cravat. In 1837, the Gentleman’s Magazine of Fashion described a white cravat as “almost indispensable in full dress” and it was sometimes tied to cover the entire shirtfront

Alvan Clark

Creation Date: 1836-1844
Type: Painting
Medium: watercolor on ivory in a sterling silver frame

Dimensions: image: 3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.7 x 6.1 cm) oval

Object #: 4896
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund

Partner URL: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=4896
Linked Data URI: saam:object/id/1954.6.1
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