Winfield Scott
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Object Details
- Artist
- Robert Walter Weir, 18 Jun 1803 - 1 May 1889
- Sitter
- Winfield Scott, 13 Jun 1786 - 29 May 1866
- Provenance
- J. Hampden Robb; his grandson J. Hampden Robb III, Hamilton, Mass.; his godson William Henry Chandler Steiner, Boston; (Vose Galleries, Boston); purchased 1995 NPG
- Information from W.H. Chandler Steiner, phone conversation with Ellen G. Miles, NPG, 24 April 1995
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee
- c. 1855
- Object number
- NPG.95.52
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 86.4 × 68.6 × 2.5cm (34 × 27 × 1")
- Frame: 121.9 x 98.4 x 21cm (48 x 38 3/4 x 8 1/4")
- (Depth of 8 1/4" at the top; depth of 3 3/8" at the bottom)
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Exterior\Landscape
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Glove
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
- Winfield Scott: Male
- Winfield Scott: Literature\Writer
- Winfield Scott: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
- Winfield Scott: Politics and Government\Public official
- Winfield Scott: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General
- Winfield Scott: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\War of 1812
- Winfield Scott: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Mexican War
- Winfield Scott: Congressional Gold Medal
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.95.52
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4876df2b2-f69f-4ac0-898b-da5612470d80
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