Small, vertical rectangular format; a three-quarter length portrait of a man facing slightly to his right; brown hair with high curl in center front, small roll curls at sides, and curly sideburns; blue eyes; high stock with bow and pleated shirt; striped yellow vest edged with black and black coat; gray background; original green-painted frame.
portraits
pastels (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
oil pastels
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
portraits
Picture
Portrait
Pastel
Pencil
Unidentified Paper
Portrait
Portrait
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
16 x 12 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1592
Massachusetts (United States)
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