Painter:

Polk, Charles Peale 1767-1822  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson 1741-1827 (formerly attributed to)  Search this

Subject:

Lafayette, Marquis de  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Inc Stratford Hall Plantation Stratford Virginia 22558 Accession Number: G.1938.33

Date:

Ca. 1780

Notes:

Stratford Hall Plantation, 1980, 1988.

Simmons, Linda Crocker, "Charles Peale Polk, 1776-1822: a limner and his likenesses," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1981, no. 46.

Sellers, Charles Coleman, "Portraits and miniatures by Charles Willson Peale," (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new ser., vol. 42, pt. 1) Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1952, p. 115, no. 443.

Summary:

Bust-length portrait of Lafayette in uniform, with military camp scene in background.

Topic:

Portrait male--Bust  Search this

Occupation--Military  Search this

Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this

Architecture exterior--Military  Search this

Control number:

IAP 55860002

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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