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Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a paper, before a red drape.

George Read

A half-length portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, dressed in a dark coat with a white cravat, turned slightly to the right. He holds a folded sheet of paper against a deep red drape, with a pale wall and a glimpse of greenery at the right edge. The oil painting has a soft, muted palette and a formal, quiet composition.

Artist
Robert Edge Pine
Date
1784
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
3251 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1784).
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

Español: Retrato de George Read

Un retrato de medio cuerpo de un hombre mayor con cabello blanco empolvado, vestido con un abrigo oscuro y un jabot blanco, girado ligeramente hacia la derecha. Sostiene una hoja doblada frente a un cortinaje rojo oscuro, con una pared pálida y un fragmento de vegetación al borde derecho.

Português: Retrato de George Read

Um retrato de meio corpo de um homem mais velho, com cabelo branco empoado, vestindo casaco escuro e um jabô branco, virado levemente para a direita. Ele segura uma folha dobrada diante de uma cortina vermelha escura, com uma parede clara e um trecho de vegetação na borda direita.