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John Haviland

John Neagle

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The portrait depicts a man with dark hair wearing a dark blue jacket with gold buttons over a white turtleneck. He sits at a desk with his right elbow resting on the surface and his hand propping up his head. His left hand holds a pen and rests on a piece of paper on top of a green book. A large book with a red label on the spine is on the floor beside the desk. On the right is a canvas with a painted scene of a large building or monument. The background behind the man is a mottled brown color. The title of the portrait is "John Haviland by John Neagle".

Artwork details

Date:
1828
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
491 × 625 px
Museum record:
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