David Livingston
Smithsonian American Art Museum

David Livingston

Joseph Wood, born Clarkstown, NY 1778-died Washington, DC 1830 · ca. 1800

watercolor on ivory
Smithsonian American Art Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Smithsonian American Art Museum

One possible candidate for this portrait was David Livingston of Washington, New York, who was born around 1775. This portrait shows him in his mid-twenties, with the ruffled hair and costume typical of the romantic revival that took place at the turn of the nineteenth century.

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