William George Fargo
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Object Details
- Artist
- Thomas Le Clear, 11 Mar 1818 - 26 Nov 1882
- Sitter
- William George Fargo, 20 May 1818 - 3 Aug 1881
- Provenance
- Mary Carver Fargo [Mrs. Louis Jephthah Balliett], sitter’s granddaughter; Fargo Balliett, Jr.; (Clifford Buisch, Bennington, Vt.); purchased NPG 2012
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- c. 1855
- Object number
- NPG.2012.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Frame: 115.3 x 90.2 x 8.9cm (45 3/8 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/2")
- Stretcher: 91.4 × 73.5 × 2.4 cm (36 × 28 15/16 × 15/16")
- Place
- United States\New York\Erie\Buffalo
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Armchair
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk
- William George Fargo: Male
- William George Fargo: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive
- William George Fargo: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Shipping
- William George Fargo: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\Buffalo, NY
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2012.24
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b1b85084-0dd3-412e-801e-291f316463ce
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