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Oil portrait of an older bald man in a dark coat and white cravat, one hand on a cane, with a globe at left and red drapery behind him.

George Rogers Clark, c. 1810 portrait

Half-length portrait of an older man with a bald crown and gray hair at the sides, wearing a dark coat and white cravat. He rests one hand on a cane before a globe at left and red drapery at right, against a muted olive background. Oil on canvas, c. 1810, identified in the museum record as George Rogers Clark.

Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1810
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size
3263 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1815).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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