Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, presented in an antique gilt composition frame, retaining several erroneous labels and a gallery plaque.

Stretcher size 24 x 18 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 27 x 22 1/4 in.;

Private Collection, South Carolina

The young man depicted in this portrait illustrates the fashionable dress and hair of the 1760s. The sitter has traditionally been identified as that of Arthur Dobbs, the Scottish born colonial governor of North Carolina, however, the pictorial reading of the portrait does not support this attribution.

Minor chipping and flaking to frame; scattered retouch visible under UV light.