Portrait of a Gentleman

Nathaniel Rogers, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1825, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1953.10.1
Copied Nathaniel Rogers, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1825, watercolor on ivory, sight 3 142 58 in. (8.26.7 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1953.10.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of a Gentleman
Date
ca. 1825
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 3 142 58 in. (8.26.7 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait male — unidentified — bust
Object Number
1953.10.1

Artwork Description

This miniature is typical of Rogers’s early work, employing the oval format he would later abandon in favor of rectangular works destined for display in small hinged cases or frames. The sitter is shown in the costume of a nineteenth-century “dandy,” with a high, pointed collar and elegant velvet lapels.