Keywords: TailerSmibertForgery.jpg Portrait of a gentleman This painting was thought to depict Massachusetts colonial lieutenant governor William Tailer painted by John Smibert The Smibert signature was determined to be a forgery in the 1940s and the painting has since been reattributed to Thomas Gibson a Smibert contemporary The subject's identity is unknown American Art Journal Winter 1989 http //www jstor org/stable/1594549 century 18 Creator Thomas Gibson PD-old-100 Forgery Oil paintings of men 18th-century art |