George Washington
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Object Details
- Artist
- William Clarke, active 1785 - 1806
- Sitter
- George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
- Provenance
- Unknown before acquisition by Charles Harry Foster (1914 – 2008) and his wife, Eleanor Morein Foster, in 1994 or earlier.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor Morein Foster in memory of Charles Harry Foster; National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1800
- Object number
- NPG.2012.90
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 77.5 × 64.8 × 1.9cm (30 1/2 × 25 1/2 × 3/4")
- Frame: 95.7 × 82.7 × 7cm (37 11/16 × 32 9/16 × 2 3/4")
- Place
- United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
- Costume\Headgear\Hat\Tricorne
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
- Weapon\Cannon
- Music\Musical instrument\Drum
- Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States
- George Washington: Male
- George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War
- George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman
- George Washington: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer
- George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General
- George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US
- George Washington: Science and Technology\Surveyor
- George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2012.90
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44bb88b08-c186-4be7-9a38-f95cff2a933a
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