Stipple engraving of a man with curly hair, dark coat and bow tie, shown from the shoulders up, with the signature Moses Roper below.

Moses Roper, frontispiece to his 1843 narrative

A stipple engraving portrait of a man with voluminous curly hair, wearing a dark high-collared coat, white shirt and bow tie, shown in three-quarter view against a pale background. His signature, Moses Roper, appears in cursive script beneath the bust.

Artist: John Cochran
Date: 1843
Medium: Stipple engraving on paper
Source: Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size: 2371 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1843).
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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