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Gilbert Stuart : George Washington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q41402
Details on Google Art Project |
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Title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
This is a copy of Stuart's Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, hanging in the White House. It can be identified as a copy by the intentionally misspelled "United States" on the book in the lower left. The original is on display in the US National Portrait Gallery.
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Depicted people | George Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1797
date QS:P571,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 241.3 cm (95 in); width: 151.9 cm (59.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,241.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,151.9U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q35525
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Current location |
East Room
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Accession number |
45.179
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Place of creation | United States of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
Probably commissioned by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney for the official American residence, Paris, 1796 (paid for in 1797, but never received); possibly Gardiner Baker, New York, by February 1798; Thomas Long
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References | White House Historical Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | kQERa87syyG-sQ at Google Cultural Institute zoom level Scaled down from second highest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | See Category:Lansdowne portrait of George Washington |
Licensing
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional,
public domain
work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "
faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain
".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |