Sepia PHOTO...Who is this historical figure?

THANK YOU for trying!!!

 

@Studio Antiques .....Hi....Today, Monday....just watching Antiques Roadshow!! Do some research and check into a Rev. Holyoke who was President of Harvard in/around 1740.....there was a decent sized painting of what I thought was YOUR image here (only what AR had was a painting!!), but done by an artist (too fast to catch the artist) but done in 1749!!!! Good Luck and I'll see if I can dig it up!!!!

EDIT: Here's the AR item on the show.....not POSITIVE it's your guy, but sure resembles him!!! John Greenwood was the artist in 1749... Good Luck!!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/se...als/holyoke-portrait-boston-chair--200302A43/

 

@Aquitaine You’re the BOMB! Will check it out now. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Sally

 

@Aquitaine I always LOVE AR! Even the pbs advert LOL

Don’t think it’s Holyoke, but clearly my guy is from the same period! Take a look:

 

Agreed, they do look "similar", but don't really think they are one and the same, when put side by side......ah well, there was always HOPE!!!!!

 

I don't think, despite a similarity in faces, that the Rev. Holyoke would ever have worn a military style coat (which is why you thought Washington to begin with.)

 

I haven't looked up Holyoke, but from the wigs I would guess he's at least a generation earlier.

 

It's not just the face, but the clothing. It looks French to me.

 

This is a real challenge. I've looked at 18th century portraits for a long time. It looks so familiar. I've tried musicians, writers, politicians. He looks so smug and self-satisfied.

 

@Bev aka thelmasstuff THANK YOU for your effort! I hope it comes to you.

 

I'm compelled to solve mysteries!

 

The inscription looks to us like "Lieut General Malen," but a search for that turns up nothing, so we're probably not even close... pretty certain it's late 18th Century, though, as everyone here seems to pretty much agree...

 

@BaseballGames thanks!!

 

The inscription is much newer than the image - 20th century at least.