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Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a dark double-breasted coat and white cravat, seated before an olive background with a red chair edge.

John Caldwell Calhoun

Half-length portrait of a man with brown hair and sideburns, turned three-quarters to the left against a warm olive background. He wears a dark double-breasted coat with gilt buttons, a high dark collar and a white cravat, and sits beside a red upholstered chair. Oil on canvas in an early nineteenth-century portrait manner.

Artist
Charles Bird King
Date
c. 1822
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
3380 × 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

Español: Retrato de John Caldwell Calhoun, por Charles Bird King

Retrato de medio cuerpo de un hombre de cabello castaño y patillas, girado tres cuartos hacia la izquierda sobre un fondo verde oliva cálido. Viste un abrigo oscuro cruzado con botones dorados, cuello alto oscuro y un pañuelo blanco anudado, y está sentado junto a una silla tapizada en rojo. Óleo sobre lienzo de estilo retratístico de comienzos del siglo XIX.

Português: Retrato de John Caldwell Calhoun, por Charles Bird King

Retrato de meio corpo de um homem de cabelo castanho e costeletas, virado três quartos para a esquerda diante de um fundo verde-oliva quente. Veste um casaco escuro de dupla fileira de botões dourados, gola alta escura e um lenço branco amarrado no pescoço, e está sentado ao lado de uma cadeira estofada em vermelho. Óleo sobre tela, em estilo de retrato do início do século XIX.

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