George Washington
- Creation Date
- 1795
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Subject
- George Washington
- Dimensions
- 94.9 x 83.8 x 9.5cm (37 3/8 x 33 x 3 3/4")
75.6 x 64.5 x 3.2cm (29 3/4 x 25 3/8 x 1 1/4")
- Accession #
- NPG.65.59
- Object #
- 18061
- Credit Lines
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942
Henry William de Saussure [1763-1839]; by descent to his son [? grandson?] John De Saussure; purchased 1877 George L. Sanderson, Antes Fort, Pennsylvania [d. 1907]; his daughter Mrs. Sanderson Cotter; via (Jonce Irwin McGurk [1875-1947], New York) bought 27 December 1917 by Thomas B. Clarke, [1848-1931], New York; (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1936 by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trus, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA; transferred 1965 to NPG. Notes: McGurk and purchase date, annotated copy of Clarke catalog, NGA library. Letter of receipt, Jonce McGurk Dec. 27, 1917 to Clarke. Letters from George L. Sanderson, 1898, and de Saussure [first name illegible] report John M. de Saussure bought before 1860. NPG, curatorial file.
- Partner URL
- http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.65.59
- Linked Data URI
- npg:object/18061
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