https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/9272/fullMan Holding Bookc. 1840[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@117bc]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@117bcOil on boardPair of mid-nineteenth century circa 1840 oil paintings depicting profile portrait of young woman seated in paint-decorated chair wearing white shawl and holding book and profile portrait of young man seated in paint-decorated chair and holding book. A group of portraits by this hand was once attributed to an unidentified “Mr. Boyd.” It is now believed that the artist is probably Jasper Miles who painted intimate profile portraits on small wood panels with a jewel-like precision. Miles was born in Connecticut and worked in Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania, based upon extant portraits.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@418The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/objects/5542/rdf