File:Gilbert Stuart - George Washington - Google Art Project.jpg
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Gilbert Stuart: George Washington
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| Artist |
Details on Google Art Project |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre |
portrait  |
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| Description |
This is a copy of Stuart's Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, hanging in the White House. It can be identified as a copy by the intentionally misspelled "United States" on the book in the lower left. The original is on display in the US National Portrait Gallery. |
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| Depicted people |
George Washington |
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| Date | 1797 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 241.3 cm (95 in); width: 151.9 cm (59.8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
East Room |
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| Accession number |
45.179 |
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| Place of creation |
United States of America |
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| Object history |
Probably commissioned by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney for the official American residence, Paris, 1796 (paid for in 1797, but never received); possibly Gardiner Baker, New York, by February 1798; Thomas Long |
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| References | White House Historical Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | kQERa87syyG-sQ at Google Cultural Institute zoom level Scaled down from second highest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other versions | See Category:Lansdowne portrait of George Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. | ||||
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| current | 16:44, 22 October 2012 | 18,721 × 30,000 (224.83 MB) | Dcoetzee | User created page with UploadWizard |
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