WashPost: This obscure portrait has a cult following for its high-fashion flair
"It’s partly, perhaps, that Wade’s painting is not very sophisticated, giving the portrait a blockish, mildly faux-naïf look that calls to mind modern portraits by Henri Rousseau or Frida Kahlo. But even more, it’s the green tint and wraparound shape of the glasses, which look vaguely Jetsons, and the hilarious contrast they make with his starched, artfully curled collar tips, charcoal-dust whiskers, pursed lips and bouffant hair."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/interactive/2024/jeptha-homer-wade-nathaniel-olds/
Here's the link to the Cleveland Institute of Art's digital copy of the painting: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.134.2