Portrait of a Gentleman
Nathaniel Rogers
ca. 1825
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
1953.10.1
Tags
bust
About this artwork
This miniature is typical of Rogersâs 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 âdandy,â with a high, pointed collar and elegant velvet lapels.
About the Artist
Nathaniel Rogers · 1788–1844
American, Bridgehampton, New York 1788–1844 Bridgehampton, New York