Portrait of Andrew Jackson in Navy-Blue Uniform

A half-length oil portrait of an older man with swept-back gray hair, wearing a dark navy coat with gold embroidered collar and gold epaulettes. Behind him, small distant figures with a rifle stand on a hillside beneath a shadowy, smoky sky.

Artist

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl

Date

1817?

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)

Size

3394 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery