Portrait of a Gentleman

Charles Fraser, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.15
Charles Fraser, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, image (oval): 2 15⁄16 x 2 5⁄16 in. (7.5 x 5.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.15
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Date
ca. 1820
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image (oval): 2 15⁄16 x 2 5⁄16 in. (7.5 x 5.9 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — unidentified — bust
Object Number
1999.27.15
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1999.27.15

Artwork Description

It is unclear who the young gentleman in this portrait is, but his formal dress and fashionably disheveled hair suggest that he was a member of Charleston’s moneyed class.

Works by this artist (6 items)

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Charles Fraser, Joseph W. Faber, 1837, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1946.11.5
Joseph W. Faber
Artist
Date1837
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Charles Fraser, Judge Thomas Waties, 1820, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1934.5.1
Judge Thomas Waties
Artist
Date1820
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Charles Fraser, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.15
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Dateca. 1820
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Charles Fraser, Henry Trescot, 1821, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1937.7.1
Henry Trescot
Artist
Date1821
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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George Catlin, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1830, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bernard N. Burnstine, 1946.1.1
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Dateca. 1830
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
George Catlin, William Wilson, ca. 1826, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1980.126.1
William Wilson
Artist
Dateca. 1826
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
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
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Dateca. 1825
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Henry Inman, John Wesley Jarvis, 1822, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1962.1.1
John Wesley Jarvis
Artist
Attributed to Henry Inman
Date1822
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view