Gist, Mordecai, 1742-1792

Subject: 
Paintings; Portrait male; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827.
Gist, Mordecai, 1742-1792
Item ID: 
1991.2
Creator: 
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Description: 
Half-length portrait shows Mordecai Gist: man seated in side chair, holding book in right hand, his left hand inside jacket. He wears a tri-cornered hat and Revolutionary War uniform of blue coat with gold braid and red collar. Oil on canvas by Charles Willson Peale.
Date of Original: 
ca. 1774
Collection: 
Museum Department
Type/Size: 
Image
Restrictions: 
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Rights: 
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org