English: Artist Unknown

Late Georgian Era University Scholar,
Identified by the Monogrammed Initial 'F',
Wearing a Black Cloak and Mortarboard

English
circa 1820-1830
Artist unknown

2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilded copper case with cobalt glass and a seed pearl monogram to the reverse

Depicted is an early nineteenth century university student wearing a black cloak and mortarboard. The tradition of donning such mortarboards originated at Oxford University, leading one to wonder if the young man was perhaps a student of that university. The subject's shoulder-length hair was typical of many young men of the period (the look was not unique to the 1970s).

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