American: Artist Unknown

Jacksonian Era Gentleman

American
circa 1840
Artist unknown*

2 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed under glass in a case of embossed leather
over wood (only partially shown) with a gilded ormolu mat

*The background of this gentleman's portrait is painted in a French technique (opaque and dark-toned, somewhat resembling a larger oil painting), leading one to suspect that the artist was likely a French immigrant.