Unknown Artist, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1830, oil on panel, 26 in. x 21 5/16 in. ( cm x cm), Neither the sitter nor the artist of this portrait has been identified. Yet, the subject's attire and pose suggest a certain level of affluence and distinction that usually came with property and public office. Painted portraits of African American subjects are exceedingly rare in antebellum America


Unknown Artist, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1830, oil on panel, 26 in. x 21 5/16 in. ( cm x cm), Neither the sitter nor the artist of this portrait has been identified. Yet, the subject's attire and pose suggest a certain level of affluence and distinction that usually came with property and public office. Painted portraits of African American subjects are exceedingly rare in antebellum America.


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