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Catalog Data

Author:
White, Rolland  Search this
Subject:
Stuart, Gilbert 1755-1828  Search this
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Washington, Martha 1731-1802  Search this
National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Event
Date:
1983
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in TORCH, June 1983
Summary:
After three years at the National Portrait Gallery, (l-r) William Trossen, Terry Conable, Lina Best and David Price are moving the Gilbert Stuart portraits of George and Martha Washington for shipment to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where they will be displayed under an alternating exhibition plan worked out in 1980 when the two museums jointly purchased the paintings from the Boston Athenaeum.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: June 1983
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Trossen, William  Search this
Conable, Terry  Search this
Best, Lina  Search this
Price, David  Search this
Moving of artifacts  Search this
Art--Packing  Search this
Painting  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Standard number:
95-252
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8802