Smithsonian American Art Museum
Portrait of a Gentleman
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · ca. 1830
This miniature has been identified variously as a portrait of Stephen Fuller Austin, the pioneering Texan, or his brother James Brown Austin. Although the man’s features bear a resemblance to the Austins, there is no evidence that Catlin ever met the Texans, and as of this writing, it is not clear who this man is.
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