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Portrait of George Washington Before Nassau Hall
Details
Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822)
Polk, Charles Peale
Portrait of George Washington Before Nassau Hall
signed and inscribed 'Cs Polk No. 47 Painter' on the reverse before lining
oil on canvas
36 x 29 in. (91.5 x 74.3 cm.)
Polk, Charles Peale
Portrait of George Washington Before Nassau Hall
signed and inscribed 'Cs Polk No. 47 Painter' on the reverse before lining
oil on canvas
36 x 29 in. (91.5 x 74.3 cm.)
Provenance
George D. Krumbahaar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Cazenovia, New York.
Cornelia Cooper Krumbahaar, Caznovia, New York.
Doll and Richards, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 17, 1975, lot 13.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Cornelia Cooper Krumbahaar, Caznovia, New York.
Doll and Richards, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 17, 1975, lot 13.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
J.H. Morgan and M. Fielding, Life Portraits of George Washington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1931, pp. 124-38
L.C. Simmons, Charles Peale Polk, 1776-1822, A Limner and His Likenesses, 1981, p. 35
L.C. Simmons, Charles Peale Polk, 1776-1822, A Limner and His Likenesses, 1981, p. 35