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The image shows a miniature portrait of a man's upper body. He is facing forward with his body slightly turned to the right. The man has fair skin, rounded cheeks, and light hair styled in waves away from his face. He wears a dark maroon coat over a white shirt with a white cravat. The portrait is in an oval gold-edged frame against a neutral gray background, suggesting a painted surface with delicate detail.
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The image shows a miniature portrait of a man's upper body. He is facing forward with his body slightly turned to the right. The man has fair skin, rounded cheeks, and light hair styled in waves away from his face. He wears a dark maroon coat over a white shirt with a white cravat. The portrait is in an oval gold-edged frame against a neutral gray background, suggesting a painted surface with delicate detail.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A. T. Kerr, Esquire

James Peale

Date
1798
Medium
watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
support (irregular): 7.78 × 6.19 cm (3 1/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing · Miniature
Accession number
2015.19.2480
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Sarah A. Hagner, 1898)
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • Bust
  • Man
Provenance

Sarah B. Hagner, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1898; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

incised lower left: J P / 1798

NGA object ID 177628. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.