Julius LeBlanc Stewart
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Portrait of Mrs. Francis Stanton Blake by Julius LeBlanc Stewart, 1908
According to Wikipedia he spent most of his life in Paris painting rich Americans abroad. His father had made a fortune in sugar, so he had the run of that world rather than having to talk his way into it. Portraits like this were partly a business — you paid to be seen looking like this.
Erisava: Is this any different from paying for a really good photo?