American School, c. 1830. Pastel on card. Portrait of a gentleman with dark curling hair, a beard, and blue eyes, wearing a white shirt with brown jabot, black patterned waistcoat with white buttons, and a charcoal coat. He wears a gilt stick pin in the jabot, and 2 gold rings on his right right hand. The background is trees and bright blue sky. Rectangular, 39 cms. X 30 cms. (15 inches X 11 inches).
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