Smithsonian American Art Museum
Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials G. D.
Raphaelle Peale, born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825 · ca. 1805
The intertwined initials “GD” on the back of this locket are the only clue to the gentleman’s identity. His hair reflects the change at the end of the eighteenth century, when many younger men rejected wigs in favor of natural hair. The short top and curled sides of this sitter’s hair were styled to accommodate a top hat.
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