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Portrait of a Boy This painting is a mid 19th century piece by an American artist. It is painted with oil on canvas. The painting is of a young boy standing on a patio next to a pillar. An almost entirely monochromatic dark gray sky looms behind him above darkened rolling hills. The subject holds a straw hat loosely at his side, and has a book resting on a bench directly behind him. His expression is blank, although the corners of his mouth are slightly raised. There are brightly colored roses in the garden at the bottom of the porch steps, and the rose vines have climbed around the pillar next to him. Only a splash of bright sky is apparent on the horizon. The boy is wearing a deep red overcoat adorned with fancy buttons, and brilliant white slacks over delicate black shoes. We can see his entire body from head to toe, as the wood planks he stands on frame his feet. I will be focusing on the visual elements of color, line, repetitive shapes and value in which the artist chose to convey the content in which I feel he is trying to express, which I will delve into deeper within this paper. The sheer size of this painting, which stands a little over 4 feet high, 3 feet wide, creates a sense that the child could