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.
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
Signed and dated, January 8, 1821.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
10.125 x 9.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.748
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