Important early folk art painting of a young man in a military uniform, who we believe to be Simon Bolivar, but a number of people have contacted us confident it not of the South American hero. Posed with arms crossed, painted in oil on a copper sheet. The painting appears to be signed, or have remnants of an illegible inscription in the lower left hand corner. Circa early 19th century. Height 5 1/8 Inches (13.0 cm) Width 4 Inches (10.3 cm)

Good, some wear around the edges of the plate, a bend in the lower left hand corner