James_Knox_Polk_by_GPA_Healy,_1858.jpg

George Peter Alexander Healy : James Knox Polk

Artist



Alternative names	George Peter Alexander Healy
Description	American portrait painter
Date of birth/death	15 July 1813	24 June 1894
Location of birth/death	Boston	Chicago
Work location	Paris ; Rome ; Chicago ; Boston ; Washington, D.C.
Authority file	: Q64633 VIAF : 107045159 ISNI : 0000000081723075 ULAN : 500022150 LCCN : n90663010 Open Library : OL5401621A WorldCat

Title

James Knox Polk

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

James K. Polk

Date

7 October 1858

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 1,576.3 mm (62 in)

; width: 1,197.1 mm (47.1 in)

Collection

White House

	Native name	White House
	Parent institution	White House Complex
	Location	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 52″ N, 77° 02′ 12″ W
	Established	1792
	Website	whitehouse.gov
	Authority file	: Q35525 VIAF : 155235437 ULAN : 500312779 LCCN : sh85146483 NAID : 10676368 NLA : 49682301 WorldCat

Accession number

1858.1335.1 ( White House )

Object history

U. S. government purchase

Credit line

The White House Historical Association (White House Collection)

Inscriptions

"Ex-President James K. Polk painted by G.P.A. Healy / October 7, 1858 at Chicago" (on reverse)

References

Google Arts & Culture asset ID : _wHMymtx-VsDQA

Source/Photographer

The White House Historical Association

Permission
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Other versions

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