Portrait of Thomas Davis, ca. 1815

A three-quarter length portrait of a man with reddish, tousled hair, wearing a dark brown coat with brass buttons, a high white ruffled cravat and white shirt. He rests one hand against his chest and sits before a plain brown background with a red chair edge at left. Oil on wood, in the early 19th-century American portrait style.

Artist

James Alexander Simpson

Date

ca. 1815

Medium

oil on wood

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2338 × 3000 px

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