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Portrait of a Gentleman
Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, born Charleston, SC 1797-died Charleston, SC 1877
This miniature shows the sitter next to a bookcase full of leatherbound volumes, likely suggesting his standing in the community as a man of letters or commerce.
- Date
- ca. 1840
- Type
- Painting-Miniature
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Department
- SAAM
- Institution
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- saam_1946.3.10
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau
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