Portrait of Benjamin Harrison, 1899, oil painting by William Thomas Mathews
Half-length portrait of an older man with white hair and a full white beard, wearing a dark suit, white collar and dark tie. He faces the viewer against a warm brown background, painted in oil with soft, subdued lighting. The museum record names the sitter as Benjamin Harrison and the painter as William Thomas Mathews, dated 1899.
- Artist
- William Thomas Mathews
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Source
- Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
- Size
- 3481 × 4000 px
Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1899).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
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