Samuel Gardiner

William Johnston

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a man with white hair styled in side curls, wearing a brown suit with large buttons. The suit consists of a jacket and waistcoat, both brown, with a white cravat and cuffs. The man has his right hand on his hip and holds a folded paper in his left hand. The background is dark with a lighter area behind the man's right arm, possibly a table or shelf with a white object on it. The style is formal 18th-century European portraiture. The title of the portrait is Samuel Gardiner, painted by William Johnston.