Portrait of a Man 1795 - 1805

This small oval miniature, "Portrait of a Man," was painted between 1795 and 1805 by the English artist Samuel Shelley. The work depicts a man in a dark coat and a white cravat, with his hair styled in the fashion of the late 18th century. Shelley's miniature is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It's a good example of the miniature portraits popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.