Portrait of a Gentleman
Alvan Clark
1836-1844
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Accession Number
1954.6.1
Tags
bust
About this artwork
This unknown gentleman is wearing a wide-collared frock coat and white satin cravat. In 1837, the Gentlemanâs Magazine of Fashion described a white cravat as âalmost indispensable in full dressâ and it was sometimes tied to cover the entire shirtfront.