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  | Artist | Notes |
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 | Portrait Of A Gentleman by Charles Fraser ca. 1820 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Fraser, Charles |  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. |
 | Portrait of a Gentleman by James Peale 1789 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Peale, James | In his dress and hairstyle, this young man is presented in a manner very similar to Josiah Hewes Anthony, also painted by James Peale around this time |
 | Portrait Of A Gentleman (1) by Sarah Goodridge 1821 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Goodridge, Sarah | The inscription on this miniature states it was made November 20, 1821, and was in the “Collection of Edward A. Brown, Reading, Mass., descendant of the artist.” It is probably a portrait of a member of the Appleton-Brown family, to whom Sarah Goodridge was related by marriage. |
 | Portrait Of A Gentleman (10) by Nathaniel Rogers ca. 1825 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Rogers, Nathaniel | This miniature is typical of Rogers’s early work, employing the oval format he would later abandon in favor of rectangular works destined for display in small hinged cases or frames. The sitter is shown in the costume of a nineteenth-century “dandy,” with a high, pointed collar and elegant velvet lapels. |
 | Portrait Of A Gentleman (11) by Nathaniel Rogers ca. 1830 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Rogers, Nathaniel | Purchased as a pair, these miniatures are housed in identical frames. Although couples often had matching frames made for their miniatures, later owners sometimes changed frames to reflect more up-to-date tastes. We cannot assume that these sitters are related without knowing more about who they might be, based on the identities of previous owners. |
 | Portrait Of A Gentleman (2) by John Wood Dodge 1832 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Dodge, John Wood | This miniature was painted while John Wood Dodge was living in New York. The unknown gentleman wears what appears to be a tailcoat, with a fashionably high collar and gilt buttons. |
 | Portrait Of A Gentleman (2) by John Alexander McDougall ca. 1835 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | McDougall, John Alexander | This was originally thought to be a portrait of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney by an unknown artist. Research has proved this not to be the case, however, and the identity of the sitter is unknown. The work has been attributed to the artist John Alexander McDougall. |
 | Portrait Of A Gentleman (2) by Henry Benbridge ca. 1795 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Benbridge, Henry | |
 | Portrait Of A Gentleman (3) by John Alexander McDougall 1839 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | McDougall, John Alexander | John Alexander McDougall painted these sitters, possibly a husband and wife, while he was in New Orleans in 1839. The artist used different backgrounds for each painting. The plain background of the gentlemans portrait complements the blue of his eyes, while the dark trees surrounding the lady emphasize her pale complexion. Conservation of these... |
 | Portrait Of A Gentleman (3) by Raphaelle Peale ca. 1805 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Peale, Raphaelle | This man’s elegantly knotted tie clearly shows Raphaelle Peale’s deft brushwork. Although we do not know who the sitter was, he was a man “of means” who could afford fine clothes and the services of one of America’s leading miniaturists. |
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