American Art Collaborative

Bust-length three-quarter profile portrait of Mr. Strong, with brown hair, with one lock falling in center of forehead, wearing a black coat with velvet collar, upright pale yellow collar, white shirt and white stock. Woven hair on reverse. This miniature has been attributed to Charles Fraser, a painter of miniatures, portraits in oils, and landscapes. He spent most of his life in his native city of Charleston depicting its leading citizens. This miniature is not listed in his account book, nor being shown in the solo exhibition for Fraser held in 1857.