Portrait of a Gentleman

George W. Newcombe, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1838, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1957.3.1
George W. Newcombe, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1838, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 1⁄8 x 1 5⁄8 in. (5.4 x 4.0 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1957.3.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Date
1838
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 1⁄8 x 1 5⁄8 in. (5.4 x 4.0 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — unidentified — bust
Object Number
1957.3.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1957.3.1

Artwork Description

According to an inscription on the back of this miniature, this work was painted while George Newcombe was living on Broadway, in New York City. The gentleman wears a fashionably high-collared coat and black cravat that contrast with his hair and skin coloring. The tilt of his body heightens the man’s lively gaze and quiet smile.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Charles Lock Eastlake, Edward Smith, Contadina Family Prisoners with Banditti, n.d., engraving, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Nigel Cholmeley-Jones, 1967.54.35
Contadina Family Prisoners with Banditti
Artist
Daten.d.
engraving
Not on view
Charles Lock Eastlake, Frederick Bacon, Escape of Carrara, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Nigel Cholmeley-Jones, 1967.14.142
Escape of Carrara
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Not on view

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