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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.37
People
Rembrandt Peale, American (Bucks County, PA 1778 - 1860 Philadelphia, PA)
Title
George Washington (1732-1799)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1852
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227898

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.7 x 74.2 cm (36 1/8 x 29 3/16 in.)
framed: 120.3 x 102.6 x 10.8 cm (47 3/8 x 40 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.: Rembrandt Peale

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the artist to Sidney Brooks; to his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham; to his son, Thomas Frothingham; to his son, Paul Revere Frothingham; to his brother, Langdon Frothingham; to his daughter, Eugenia Frothingham Lombard; her gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Eugenia Frothingham Lombard
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.37
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), p. 11, cat. 52, ill. on cover
  • 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. 395-95, cat. 357, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Art in Embassies Program, American Embassy, Dublin, Dublin, 09/15/1992 - 07/23/1993
  • Inauguration Ceremonies exhibit, Cambridge Mayor's Office, Cambridge, 12/29/1993 - 01/03/1994
  • American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/01/1994 - 12/30/1994
  • The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001

Verification Level

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