Portrait of a Shoe Salesman

American 19th Century

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a man seated on a wooden chair with one leg crossed over the other and holding an object in his lap. He has short hair, a mustache, and wears a bowler hat, a dark jacket, a vest, a white shirt, and dark trousers. Next to him is a round table with boots and a hat, against an ornately decorated wall and a patterned floor. The photograph is framed in pink with decorative designs and the number "73" at the top.