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Artist:
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827  Search this
Sitter:
John Ewing, 1732 - 1802  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Sight (Verified): 95.3 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm (37 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 1 1/2")
Frame (Verified): 105.4 x 82.6 x 8.9 cm (41 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 3 1/2")
Stretcher: 92.1 × 69.4 × 3 cm (36 1/4 × 27 5/16 × 1 3/16")
Type:
Painting
Place:
United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia
Date:
1788
Provenance:
Dean Emerson, Houston, and Maisie Emerson Macy, Morristown, N.J., descendants of sitter; donative sale to NPG 2001
Topic:
Printed Material\Papers  Search this
Home Furnishings\Drape  Search this
Costume\Hair Accessory\Wig  Search this
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill  Search this
Equipment\Optical Devices\Telescope  Search this
John Ewing: Male  Search this
John Ewing: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy  Search this
John Ewing: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Dean Emerson and Maisie Emerson Macy
Object number:
NPG.2001.5
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49eef9271-9139-475f-aa55-6233d1fc70cc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2001.5