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Charles Lee

Charles Lee
Artist
Cephas Thompson, 1 Jul 1775 - 6 Nov 1856
Sitter
Charles Lee, Jul 1758 - 24 Jun 1815
Date
c. 1810-11
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Frame: 87.6 × 75.6 × 8.6 cm (34 1/2 × 29 3/4 × 3 3/8")
Stretcher: 70 × 57 × 2.9 cm (27 9/16 × 22 7/16 × 1 1/8")
Topic
Charles Lee: Male
Charles Lee: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General
Charles Lee: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer
Charles Lee: Law and Crime\Jurist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. A.D. Pollock Gilmour
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.64.4
Provenance
The sitter; his daughter Anne Lucinda Lee Jones [1790-1835];her half sister Elizabeth Gordon Lee Pollock [1813-1890]; her daughter Anne Lee Pollock Janney; Nancy Lee Janney Gilmour [Mrs. A.D. Pollock Gilmour]; gift 1964 to NPG.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view