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Christopher Grant Perry

Richard Morrell Staigg

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows two rectangular panels side by side. The panel on the left is covered in dark red velvet with a lighter patch in the center. The panel on the right is a portrait of a man. He has fair skin and short, curly brown hair. He wears a black suit jacket over a black vest, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background of the portrait is a landscape with a cloudy sky. Both panels have a brown border around them. The border appears to be made of wood and has a distressed appearance.

Artwork details

Date:
1840
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 365 px
Museum record:
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