Mkrtich Portugalian

Mkrtich Portugalian was an ideologist and activist of the Armenian national liberation struggle in Western Armenia. He was one of the founders of the first Armenian national party, the Armenakan, as well as a poet and journalist. He supported the violent methods of guerrilla warfare.

The portrait shows an elderly man with a white beard and moustache, wearing a dark jacket, a white-collared shirt and a tie.