Sepia-toned reproduction of a portrait painting showing a seated man in eighteenth-century dress with a long white wig, ruffled cuffs and a buttoned coat, one arm resting on a stack of large books or a table edge. He faces slightly to the viewer's right against a dark background.
White border along bottom edge; pinholes and small paper losses at top corners; grainy halftone reproduction of a painting.
No postmark. Divided-back card, matte paper stock, no stamp, no address, no message; only a dealer pencil mark "#59 / 1-" in the lower-right corner. Printed back identifies the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the portrait as Colonel Epes Sargent by Copley.
Cite this card
Colonel Epes Sargent, by Copley, Washington, DC, circa 1941, postcard, c. 1941. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/colonel-epes-sargent-by-copley-washington-dc-circa-1941. Accessed November 2, 2026.
