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Portrait of a Man

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1821

GUSN

GUSN-5428

Description

Pencil drawing of middle-aged man facing right, from shoulders up; set in black with gilt stripe matting and molded gilt frame; backed with paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
drawings (visual works)
gilding
paper (fiber product)
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
portraits
Picture
Portrait
Pencil
Unidentified Paper
Gilded
Portrait
Man
Portrait

Inscription

Signed and dated, January 8, 1821.

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10.125 x 9.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.748

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