Portrait of a Man
c. 1815
19th Century
21 1/4 in. x 18 3/4 in.
Harlan Page,
American,
(1791–1834)
Medium and Support:
oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.102
Page never made his living as an artist, and he is identified with only two portraits. This one seems a visual representation of the Second Great Awakening, the 19th-century religious revival that set his soul on fire.