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Oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark navy uniform with gold epaulettes, with small distant soldiers on a hill behind him.

Andrew Jackson

A half-length oil portrait of an older man with swept-back gray hair, wearing a dark navy coat with gold embroidered collar and gold epaulettes. Behind him, small distant figures with a rifle stand on a hillside beneath a shadowy, smoky sky.

Artist
Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl
Date
1817?
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
3394 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1827).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery

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