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Painter:
Polk, Charles Peale 1767-1822  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Huntington, The 1151 Oxford Road San Marino California 91108 Accession Number: 19.2
Date:
Ca. 1790-1793
Notes:
"The Huntington Art Collections: A Handbook," San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1986.
Simmons, Linda Crocker, "Charles Peale Polk, 1776-1822: a limner and his likenesses," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1981, no. 35.
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, collection printout 2008.
"The Huntington Art Collections: A Handbook," San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1986, pg. 159.
unsigned
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Washington appears in front of a landscape with a building in the right background.
Topic:
Portrait male--Waist length  Search this
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Landscape--Building  Search this
Control number:
IAP 04550009
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_34081