An early 19th-century hand-painted portrait miniature depicting a blue-eyed gentleman dressed in a black coat, white waistcoat, high collar, and cravat against a muted gray background. The oval portrait is housed beneath glass in a slender metal frame fitted with a suspension ring, displaying the direct, finely detailed character associated with American folk portraiture of the Federal period. Approx. size (in): 2.25 x 2.

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