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Robert Dickey

John Wesley Jarvis

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white portrait painting of a man. The man has short, curly dark hair. He wears a white shirt with a high, folded collar. He has on a dark double-breasted coat with large buttons. The man holds a sword with a decorative handle in both hands. He sits on a chair with a curved arm. The background is a landscape with clouds and a fence, and a lantern hanging on the right side. Robert Dickey by John Wesley Jarvis.

Artwork Details

Date
1807–10
Medium
Oil on wood
Culture
American
Dimensions
500 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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