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Half-length portrait shows Mordecai Gist: man seated in side chair, holding book in right hand, his left hand inside jacket. He wears tricornered hat and Revolutionary War uniform of blue coat with gold braid and red collar. Image has beige-brown background.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Charles_Willson_Peale" class="extiw" title="w:en:Charles Willson Peale"><span title="American painter (1741–1827)">Charles Willson Peale</span></a>
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