H53: George Washington (1732-1799), after Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H53

People

Constantino Brumidi, American (Rome, Italy 1805 - 1880 Washington, DC)
After Rembrandt Peale, American (Bucks County, PA 1778 - 1860 Philadelphia, PA)
George Washington (1732 - 1799)

Title

George Washington (1732-1799), after Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1855-1865

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/304889

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

95 x 73.5 cm (37 3/8 x 28 15/16 in.)
framed: 107.3 x 86.4 x 5.7 cm (42 1/4 x 34 x 2 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his estate; its gift to Harvard, c. 1882-1898

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the Estate of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Harvard College, c. 1882-1898

Object Number

H53

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• William Garrott Brown, A List of Portraits in the Various Buildings of Harvard University, Harvard University Library (Cambridge, MA, 1898), p. 43
• Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 143-144
• Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration, American Portraits, 1620-1825, found in Massachusetts, Volumes 1 and 2, Historical Records Survey (Boston, MA, 1939), p. 434, cat. 2293
• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 107-108, cat. 60, ill.

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