Portrait Miniature of a Military Officer

A portrait miniature of a young man with tousled brown hair, shown in a dark blue military coat with red collar, gold braid, and a white sash. Set in a yellow mat inside an open case lined with dark maroon velvet, the watercolor on ivory has a soft gray sky behind the figure.

Artist

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau

Date

1847

Medium

watercolor on ivory

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

3000 × 1721 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum